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 ...

One leitmotif that medical humanities shares with phenomenology and most contemporary medical ethics is emphasising the importance of appreciating the patient as a whole person and not merely as an ...

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 ...

The term ‘alternative medicine’ is a misnomer because it suggests that there are two kinds of medicine alternative to each other. Although commonly used, the term is problematic. It escapes a ...

Correspondence to Professor Deborah Bowman, Institute of Medical and Biomedical Education, St George's, University of London, London, UK; dbowman{at}sgul.ac.uk It is a pleasure and a privilege to be ...

1 Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands 2 Department of Medical Humanities (Metamedica), VU University Medical Centre, ...

A growing minority of those with disabilities are people of color (POC), with, for example, autism diagnosis rates now higher for children of color than for white children in the USA. This trend ...

Essayist Susan Sontag alerted us more than 20 years ago to the way in which clusters of metaphors attach themselves to our discussion of certain diseases, and the influence these metaphors exert on ...

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Correspondence to Dr Deborah Kirklin, UCL Division of Medical Education, Whittington Campus, Highgate Hill, London N19 5LW, UK; d.kirklin{at}ucl.ac.uk If you wish to ...

1 Centre for Medical Humanities, School of Medicine and Health, Durham University, Durham, UK 2 School of Health Science, University of Wales Swansea, Swansea, UK Correspondence to Professor H M Evans ...

This manifesto seeks to challenge dominant narratives about the future of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). Current predictions are mainly driven by technological ...