Among the growing number of works of graphic fiction, a number of titles dealing directly with the patient experience of illness or caring for others with an illness are to be found. Thanks in part to ...

Despite shame being recognised as a powerful force in the clinical encounter, it is underacknowledged, under-researched and undertheorised in the contexts of health and medicine. In this paper we make ...

The concept of a ‘good death’ remains debated, with research largely focused on the Global North, leaving gaps in understanding its relevance to the Global South. While the concept of a good death is ...

Correspondence to Professor Eivind Engebretsen, Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo Faculty of Medicine, 0372 Oslo, Norway; eivind.engebretsen{at}medisin.uio.no In this introductory ...

Correspondence to Donna Carlyle, Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK; Donna.carlyle{at}northumbria.ac.uk This paper plateau ...

This paper aims to (re)ignite debate about the role of narrative in the medical humanities. It begins with a critical review of the ways in which narrative has been mobilised by humanities and social ...

Correspondence to Dr Roslyn Malcolm, Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9LD, UK; roslyn.malcolm{at}durham.ac.uk Milk provides a way of thinking about ...

Correspondence to Professor Tom Shakespeare, c/o Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK; Tom.Shakespeare{at}uea.ac.uk This paper reports on a qualitative evaluation of ...

Correspondence to Dr Katie Jones, Modern Languages, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9PH, UK; kej5{at}st-andrews.ac.uk This article analyses two young adult (YA) novels about young men’s ...

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A lyric essay by two writers and academics who are victim survivors of child sexual abuse (CSA) perpetrated by their biological fathers. Taking a survivor-centred approach, and referring to their own ...