In this epistolary paper, we draw on the work of an interdisciplinary, psychosocial study of the relationship between time and care, Waiting Times, to explore the significance of a book of letters as ...

Medical professionalism is a core component of medical education, yet it remains conceptually ambiguous and inconsistently articulated across institutions, cultures and training contexts. Although ...

Healthcare education is increasingly moving beyond the biomedical paradigm to incorporate medical humanities, highlighting a person-centred approach. Integrative medicine encompasses biomedical ...

Since 2017, more than 600 000 Rohingya have sought refuge in Bangladesh, as Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMN), in registered camps or improvised settlements in Cox’s Bazar. Although ...

Phobias unsettle not only the emotions but the cognitive and linguistic structures through which fear is experienced and expressed. This article examines how contemporary memoirs, Sarah Chihaya’s ...

In recent years, recurrent attacks on sexual and reproductive health (SRH) rights have dominated the news. At the same time, there has been growing recognition amongst scholars of the persistent ...

In recent centuries, death has become increasingly medicalised, institutionalised and distanced from everyday life. This societal shift has contributed to growing discomfort around acknowledging death ...

This article suggests that some illness experience may require a reading practice less concerned with narrative coherence or self-authorship, and more interested in the value of textual fragments, ...

Shame is a powerful experience that plays a vital role in a whole range of aspects of the clinical encounter. Shame experiences can have an impact on our psychological and physiological state and on ...

The COVID-19 pandemic was an unprecedented crisis characterised by widespread disruption and significant loss of life. Governments worldwide responded with a myriad of containment measures aimed at ...

We live in unprecedented times. But what makes them without parallel is not the current pandemic crisis nor the continued problems facing minorities in our institutions. Rather, it’s that for the ...