What We Say About AIDS
This World AIDS Day, Paul Attinello explores perspectives on how we think and talk about HIV/AIDS, and his own thinking over the last four decades. 1 December has been World AIDS Day since 1989.
‘Relationality and Loss’, NNMHR Congress Panel Review
Rosalind Crocker discusses the panel ‘Relationality and Loss’ at the Northern Network for Medical Humanities Research (NNMHR) Congress, 21-23 April 2021
Wax Vanitas
Lenka Sediva argues that Wellcome Collection’s Wax Vanitas is an artwork for our uncertain times.
Fragments and Silences: Rethinking Narrative in End-of-Life Care
Joe Wood considers the role – and limitations – of narrative in end-of-life care by way of hospice pioneer, Cicely Saunders. Death is taboo. We live in a death-denying society. You can’t just
‘The Good Death: An exploration of dying in America’ reviewed by Caroline Pearce.
‘The Good Death: An exploration of dying in America’ by Ann Neumann (Beacon Press, 2016). Is it possible to have a ‘good’ death? And if so what might constitute a ‘good death’? In her
‘Death’s Summer Coat: What the History of Death and Dying can tell us about Life and Living’ reviewed by Dr Christina Welch
‘Death’s Summer Coat: What the History of Death and Dying can tell us about Life and Living’ by Brandy Schillace (Elliott & Thompson Ltd, 2015). The jacket cover to Brandy Schillace’s Death’s Summer Coat tells us
‘Dignity Beyond Death: The Jewish Preparation for Burial’ reviewed by (our very own) Mary Robson
‘Dignity Beyond Death: The Jewish Preparation for Burial’ by Rochel U. Berman (Urim Publications, 2005). In Judaism, volunteers from the community undertake the preparations of the dead for burial. The organization for the purpose
‘Severed: A History of Heads Lost and Heads Found’ reviewed by Professor Caroline Wilkinson
‘Severed: A History of Heads Lost and Heads Found’ by Frances Larson (W.W. Norton & Company, INC., 2014). This book aims to describe the historical significance, context and impact of human heads as collectable