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Cashing in on patients' experiences: the commodification of patient support and opinion websites
Reblogged from This Sociological Life: As part of the digital health phenomenon, a plethora of interactive digital platforms have been established in recent years to elicit lay people’s experiences of illness, medical treatments and healthcare. These include such sites as … Continue reading
Connections and Communities in Health and Medicine (CfP, Conference, Canada, September 12-14 2013)
Manitoba-Northwest Ontario-Minnesota-Saskatchewan (MOMS) & Society for the Social History of Medicine Postgraduate/Early Career History of Medicine Conference September 12th-14th, 2013 University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada Connections and Communities in Health and Medicine In September 2013 the University of Saskatchewan will … Continue reading
Log off, power down, drop out: The public health politics of electrosensitivity
The question of whether the raised levels of electromagnetic radiation accompanying modern living are bad for our health may prove to be the health debate of our age. Nicholas Blincoe’s report Electrosensitivity: Is Technology Killing Us? in The Guardian Weekend … Continue reading
Mike White on “Acting local, thinking global in arts and health”
Mike White, Senior Research Fellow in Arts and Health in the Centre for Medical Humanities at Durham University, sets out the case for community based arts and health in a recent article for ANIMATED – The Community Dance Magazine: “The … Continue reading
Body Knowledge: Medicine and the Humanities in Conversation (CfP, Conference, Johannesburg, September 2013)
Body Knowledge: Medicine and the Humanities in Conversations 2-4 September 2013 Medical Humanities Research Group at the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WiSER), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Conference Organizers: Dr Catherine Burns and Dr Ashlee Neser In … Continue reading
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International Society of Critical Health Psychology (CfP,8th Biennial Conference, Bradford July 2013)
The 8th Biennial Conference of the International Society of Critical Health Psychology (ISCHP) will be held at the University of Bradford in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, 22nd-24th July 2013. This conference is being organised by a consortium comprising the universities of … Continue reading
Social Enterprise, Social Innovation and Care (CfP, Conference, Durham University, April 2013)
Social Enterprise, Social Innovation and Care 17-18 April 2013 Lindisfarne Centre, St. Aidan’s College, Durham University We call for papers that explore the intersections of social enterprise, social innovation and care within the contemporary landscape of social policy, practice and … Continue reading
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The Politics of Non-Communicable Diseases in the Global South (CfP, Conference, August 2013)
Call for Papers The Politics of Non-Communicable Diseases in the Global South Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Annual International Conference 28-30 August 2013 Royal Geographical Society and Imperial College, London. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), from cancer and diabetes to respiratory and … Continue reading
Passion & Polemics: Six Videos from the Institute of Art and Ideas to provoke a medical humanities audience
The Institute of Art and Ideas (IaI) is committed to fostering a progressive and vibrant intellectual culture in the UK. The IaI is a charitable, not-for-profit organisation engaged in changing the current cultural landscape through the pursuit and promotion of … Continue reading
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Tagged bioethics, medical humanities, medicine, mind body affect, philosophy, policy politics and the collective
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Psychiatric patients and treatments on screen: militantism, care and processes of subjectivation (Conference, Paris, 5-6 Dec 2012)
Psychiatric patients and treatments on screen is an International conference organized by Nausica Zaballos (EHESS Paris), Jean-François Coffin (Paris V Descartes, Centre Alexandre Koyré), Alessandro Manna (IRIS). The aim of the conference is to provide the opportunity for scholars from … Continue reading
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