Body integrity dysphoria and moral responsibility: an interpretation of the scepticism regarding on-demand amputations ...

This paper aims to provide an initial response to Angela Woods's endeavour to ‘(re)ignite critical debates around this topic’ in her recent essay ‘The limits of narrative: provocations for the medical ...

This article aims to engender discussion about the nature and future of medical humanities. First, a normative personal vision of medical humanities as an inclusive movement is outlined. Some of the ...

This paper argues that the ‘biopsychosocial’ model of the body highlights the importance of the psychosocial dimension for a better understanding of health and illness. Most importantly, by ...

Health-related behaviours are a concern for contemporary health policy and practice given their association with a range of illness outcomes. Many of the policies and interventions aimed at changing ...

1 Third year medical student, University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India 2 Medical Humanities Group, University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India 3 Department of Physiology, ...

Celebration, frustration, contestation and imagination all manifest themselves when examining the evolution of the field of Medical and Health Humanities (MHH) at the University of Cape Town (UCT).

Correspondence to Giskin Day, Science Communication Unit, Centre for Co-Curricular Studies, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK; giskin.day{at}imperial.ac.uk If you wish to ...

Providing for people with psychosocial conditions in crisis is a complex and controversial endeavour that has gained significant attention over the past decade. This increased focus is driven by ...

Correspondence to Dr Christine Slobogin, Health Humanities and Bioethics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA; Christine_Slobogin{at}URMC.Rochester.edu This article uses ...

This paper is a comparative reading of variations in the medicalisation of infertility caused by sociocultural aspects, in two illness narratives by patients: Elizabeth Katkin’s Conceivability (2018), ...