Manifesto for a Multilingual Medical Humanities

Steven Wilson reflects on the importance of linguistic sensitivity in the medical humanities. The last ten years have witnessed extensive reflection and debate on the central preoccupations and methods of

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Practice Research: Gothic Fiction for Postpartum Psychosis

Georgia Poplett discusses her PhD research methodology, developing original novel-writing as academic discourse in order to expand cultural dialogue around postpartum psychosis. In 1913, reflecting on The Yellow Wallpaper, American

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Embodied Narratives: Bioinformation and Self-Creation

Jamie Webb reviews the launch of Emily Postan’s new book Embodied Narratives: Protecting Identity Interests through Ethical Governance of Bioinformation (2022). What rights should donor conceived individuals have regarding genetic

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Invisibility and Change: Psychiatric History in Uganda

Alma Ionescu details patterns of invisibility within the histories of psychiatry and mental health in Uganda Credit: Ye Jinghan (Unsplash) History has always been necessary to make sense of the

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Manifesto for a Multilingual Medical Humanities

A collage of Victorian images showing a worried mother figure and a ghostly child with the cut-out text 'Caution to Parents' and '"This is the way we wash our hands."' from a Pears' Soap ad.

Practice Research: Gothic Fiction for Postpartum Psychosis

Emily Postan's 2022 book propped up on a banister

Embodied Narratives: Bioinformation and Self-Creation

Shadow of human behind bars

Invisibility and Change: Psychiatric History in Uganda

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Cultural Diversity: Walking the Biomedical Tightrope (Reflection on Simpson III)
Reviving The Normal Heart: Theatre Review
‘Complaint!’ A (Complaint) Collective Book Review: Part III
An Amazing Murmur of the Heart: Feeling the Patient’s Beat - reviewed by Dr Anna Harris
Visual and Material Culture and an Old Anatomy School - Trinity College Dublin
Tori Amos and Religious Trauma Syndrome
'Medical Cultures of the Early Modern Spanish Empire' reviewed by Dr Elena Burgos-Martínez
Breathing and Nothingness
Mural image from the About Face project
Why a Lab? Face Transplants in Policy and Practice
Disability, religion, and accessibility as response-ability: review of Claire Cunningham's Guide Gods
From Nobleness to Ugliness in Literary Illness Stories
Reimagining Global Health: An Introduction - reviewed by Mary-Anne Decatur