Why Must Chinese Women Eat Well, but Stay Thin? Food, beauty and eating disorders in contemporary China
Hua Ma explores how Chinese food culture and beauty culture shape women’s lived experiences of eating disorders.
What I know stays outside
Written in memory of her father, WAN Huan’s personal reflection explores her sudden loss to reveal how clinical knowledge breaks down within rigid hospital hierarchies, and why medicine requires humanistic empathy when silence, shock,
Fluid Boundaries of Cure and Care: Contested Meaning of Intravenous Treatment
M. Iqbal Syauqi Al Ghiffary explores Intravenous Treatment as a tangible cultural artefact that transforms abstract suffering into visible care.
When “A Bit Unwell” Means a Lot
Xue Dong examines a seemingly euphemistic expression used by Chinese patients that may actually suggest serious discomfort.