This paper argues that the ‘biopsychosocial’ model of the body highlights the importance of the psychosocial dimension for a better understanding of health and illness. Most importantly, by ...

In recent years, dating apps have become important allies in public health. In this paper, we explore the implications of partnering with dating apps for health promotion. We consider the ...

As Frankenstein’s 200th anniversary nears, its use as a shorthand for ethical critique only increases. This article argues, though, that its lessons inhere in its unique structure, which enacts an ...

Correspondence to Dr Alison Swartz, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town 7925, South Africa; alison.swartz{at}uct.ac.za This article focuses on the devastating hidden ...

Yarwar (2008) wrote in the Lancet that ‘Doctors are trained in analgesia, but not in meaning’. Attunement to the meaning of a patient's experience can improve doctor-patient communication and have ...

In May 2022, when the COVID-19 pandemic began to recede from public view, another infectious disease surprised the world—mpox (formerly monkeypox). It appeared to disproportionately affect gay, ...

Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, Imperial College, South Kensington, London, UK Correspondence to Diana Davenport, Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine ...

1 Department of English Studies and Centre for Medical Humanities, Durham University, Durham, UK 2 Department of Geography and Centre for Medical Humanities, Durham University, Durham, UK 3 School of ...

Much like face masks, hand sanitisers have become a household item and a prominent symbol since the COVID-19 pandemic. As sanitisers began to be widely used, contingent issues related to toxic ...

This paper draws on stories of diagnosis that emerged from a broader narrative study exploring the lived experience of Parkinson's (n.37). Despite the life-changing nature of their diagnosis, ...

Correspondence to Dr Roderick Bailey, Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities, University of Oxford, Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus, Oxford OX3 7FZ, UK; roderick.bailey{at}history.ox.ac.uk This ...

This article offers an interdisciplinary analysis of Carol Ann Duffy’s poem ‘The Map-Woman’, examining the metaphor of the female body as a map in relation to artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted ...