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Call for Abstracts: Journal Special Issue: “Queer Medical Humanities”
Co-editors: Benjamin Dalton (Lancaster University) Chase Ledin (University of Edinburgh) Maurice Nagington (University of Manchester) Background and Context The Queer Medical Humanities is a diverse, developing field at the intersections of the Medical Humanities and Queer Studies. Many strands of queer theory engage with medical and healthcare contexts in new and exciting ways. This includes […]
Who is Speaking for Bruce Willis? When Third Party Narratives Encroach on Patient Rights
Blog by Arlene Jackson The family of actor Bruce Willis first shared his diagnosis of aphasia and frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) via social media in 2022, stating: “Bruce has been experiencing some health issues and has recently been diagnosed with aphasia, which is impacting his cognitive abilities. As a result of this and with much […]
Medical Humanities Editor-in-Chief Vacancy
BMJ is looking for an ambitious and dynamic Editor-in-Chief to lead Medical Humanities, the leading international journal in its field, co-owned by the Institute of Medical Ethics and BMJ Group. The candidate should be an active researcher in a relevant field. Specialists in any field of medical humanities are welcome to apply. The Editor-in-Chief will […]
RESCINDED CFP for Special 25-year Anniversay Issue of Medical Humanities-BMJ
About a month ago, we put out a call for a 25-year anniversary issue of Medical Humanities-BMJ: Equity, Justice, and the Future(s) of Medical Humanities. We unfortunately have to rescind this call for the time being. A new CPF will be issued in due time. We apologize for any inconvenience. […]
Global Health: From Whose Bench to Whose Bedside?
Matthew Harris, Decolonizing Healthcare Innovation: Low-Cost Solutions from Low-Income Countries (Routledge, 2023, 272 pp., ISBN 9781032284958). Book Review by Dr. Tom Bashford and Dr. Brandon Smith Global health is a burgeoning field, the subject of an increasing number of research articles, academic programmes, and discussion.1 Over the past twenty years, it has rapidly evolved from […]
Documentary film: Imagining Technology for Disability Futures
By Brandy Schillace As Editor in Chief, I’m excited to bring you this amazing documentary film. We recently started a program called Path to Publication, a means of offering editorial support to help topics collections come together for those who lack institutional or other kinds of support. Our first issue will come out in December […]
Deconstructing Empathy in Saudi Film ‘The Night Courier’ (Mandoob)
‘Mandoob’ (The Night Courier), Ali Kalthami, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2023 In UK cinemas from Friday 30th August 2024 Review by Khalid Ali, Film and Media Correspondent Empathy is a desirable quality in all healthcare professionals. In a seminal article Decety argues that educationalists and learners should start by approaching the sometimes-amorphous concept of ‘empathy’ […]
Navigating Borders: The Intersection of State Policies, Immigration, and HIV Testing in Canada
Laura Bisaillon, Screening Out: HIV Testing and the Canadian Immigration Experience (UBC Press, 2022, 288 pp., ISBN-13: 978-0774867481). Book review by Kevin Madill Laura Bisaillon’s Screening Out: HIV Testing and the Canadian Immigration Experience is a pioneering examination of how Canada’s immigration policies intersect with HIV testing. Bisaillon offers an in-depth analysis of how these […]
Dementia and Processing Trauma through Art
Blog by Beatrice O’ Shea F. Van Abeelen (1933-2016), a Dutch man with dementia, made the same drawing, of the same crack in a wall, countless times in the last few years of his life. He used coloured pencils or markers, which give the images a childlike nature and simplicity. Little can be found about […]