Speaking Out: Cataloguing the Lothian Gay and Lesbian Switchboard Archive

Louise Neilson details the launch of the Lothian Gay and Lesbian Switchboard Archive at Edinburgh University’s Lothian Health Services Archive

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‘We are All One’, and Other Proverbs of Spiritual Bypassing

In the first entry of the Critical Mental Health and Orientalism series, Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi examines the apolitical tendencies of Western healing spaces, and how these tendencies can prevent more radical and necessary forms of healing, resistance, and reformation.

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A Bestiary of Madness

Bill Penson and Darren Hill ask whether the bestiary might offer an alternative account of madness and distress to psychiatric and psychological models.

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From clinical placement to simulation: the future of nursing education?

Eva-Maria Willis, Jamie Smith, and Iris Epstein discuss the increasing use of simulation training in nursing, its implications, and the possibilities of a posthuman perspective.

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Speaking Out: Cataloguing the Lothian Gay and Lesbian Switchboard Archive

Louise Neilson details the launch of the Lothian Gay and Lesbian Switchboard Archive at Edinburgh University’s Lothian Health Services Archive

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‘We are All One’, and Other Proverbs of Spiritual Bypassing

In the first entry of the Critical Mental Health and Orientalism series, Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi examines the apolitical tendencies of Western healing spaces, and how these tendencies can prevent more radical and necessary forms of healing, resistance, and reformation.

An illuminated manuscript image of a fox lying on its back seemingly fighting with four magpies

A Bestiary of Madness

Bill Penson and Darren Hill ask whether the bestiary might offer an alternative account of madness and distress to psychiatric and psychological models.

Midjourney. Abstract digital art. Keywords: imagine a world where nurse education is all done online or with VR but nurses must still care in person.

From clinical placement to simulation: the future of nursing education?

Eva-Maria Willis, Jamie Smith, and Iris Epstein discuss the increasing use of simulation training in nursing, its implications, and the possibilities of a posthuman perspective.

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We should talk about our methodological failures

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Book Cover of Ben Alderson-Day's Presence featuring a black bowler hat floating above a pair of shoulders that imply it is sitting on an invisible head

Presence: The Strange Science and True Stories of the Unseen Other Book Review

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Narrative-Based Practice in Health and Social Care by John Launer

Conversations Inviting Change: Narrative-Based Practice in Healthcare

John Launer reflects on the emergence of the ‘Conversations Inviting Change’ narrative medicine training programme

DisCrit in the Medical Humanities

Christina Lee outlines the core tenets of Disability Critical Race Theory (DisCrit) and discusses its necessary application in the medical humanities field.