Catherine Oakley’s article ‘Towards Cultural Materialism in the Medical Humanities: the Case of Blood Rejuvenation’ is available through open access in the current issue of Medical Humanities. Oakley takes the shifting cultural, symbolic and scientific meanings of blood as her starting point, a shift that is, she argues, often understood as a consequence of changes to […]
Category: Journal Announcements
Daniel Goldberg on Shame, Stigma and Medicine
The current issue of Medical Humanities is guest-edited by Luna Dolezal and Barry Lyons and focuses on ‘Shame, Stigma and Medicine’. Daniel S. Goldberg’s article, ‘Pain, objectivity and history: understanding pain stigma,’ is our editor’s choice in this issue, and so is free for everyone to access. In the article, Goldberg argues that sufferers […]
Janice McLaughlin on Shame, Stigma and Medicine
The current issue of Medical Humanities is guest-edited by Luna Dolezal and Barry Lyons and focuses on ‘Shame, Stigma and Medicine’. In her open access article, ‘The Medical Reshaping of Disabled Bodies as a Response to Stigma and a Route to Normality,’ Janice McLaughlin reports on discussions with young disabled people that emerged as […]
Deborah Bowman on Shame, Stigma and Medicine
The current issue of Medical Humanities is guest-edited by Luna Dolezal and Barry Lyons and focuses on ‘Shame, Stigma and Medicine’. Deborah Bowman turns to drama to ask how theatre is well-placed to explore the impact of shame in the clinical setting in her paper, ‘Vulnerability, Survival and Shame in Nina Rainer’s Tiger Country.’ Drawn […]
Why Shame, Stigma and Medicine?
Luna Dolezal and Barry Lyons introduce their special journal issue on Shame, Stigma and Medicine Shame as a research topic is enormously compelling. Everyone has experienced the pain of shame and, in some way, been shaped by that experience. Not only that, shame reveals what is most personal to us, our hopes and aspirations, while […]
Congratulations to Film Correspondent Khalid Ali
It gives us great pleasure to offer our congratulations to our film and media correspondent, Dr Khalid Ali, who has been selected as a Film Fellow by the Global Health Film Initiative. It is an intense programme in filmmaking for doctors and involves working with a professional production company, and the CEO of the Global […]
New Editor for Medical Humanities
BMJ, a leading medical knowledge provider, is pleased to announce Brandy Schillace PhD as the new editor of Medical Humanities. Dr Schillace is Senior Research Associate and Public Engagement Fellow for the Dittrick Museum of Medical History, College of Arts and Sciences, at Case Western Reserve University, US. For ten years, she managed the medical […]
New Blog Curator and Reviews Editor
I am Anna McFarlane, the new blog curator and reviews editor here at the BMJ Medical Humanities blog, and I wanted to introduce myself to regular readers – and first time visitors. I’m delighted to be taking on this post and would like to thank my predecessor, Columba Quigley, who has been answering all my […]
Editor-in-Chief post at Medical Humanities
The Institute of Medical Ethics and BMJ are looking for the next Editor-in-Chief who can continue to shape Medical Humanities into a dynamic resource for a rapidly evolving field. Candidates should be active in the field, keen to facilitate international perspectives and maintain an awareness of trends and hot topics. The successful candidate will […]
Blog Curator and Books Editor Opportunity
Blog Curator and Books Editor Opportunity We have a vacancy for a Blog Curator and Books Editor at Medical Humanities. It is a single, combined role as all book reviews are published on the Blog. The role involves: · Commissioning and editing content, including reviews, for the Medical Humanities Blog; · Maintaining the Medical […]