In 2020, there were reports that HIV antiretrovirals, specifically the combination tenofovir disoproxil fumarate and emtricitabine (TDF/FTC), had therapeutic potential for COVID-19. In the context...

Assemblages of Cancer sets out to compare experiences and contexts of breast cancer in three countries: the United Kingdom, France and Italy. Its author, Cinzia Greco, draws on a decade of ethnogra...

This article uses bibliometric and thematic analyses to explore the origins and influence of Crawford's 1980 paper on healthism and the medicalisation of everyday life. The construct of healthism...

Household food insecurity (HFI), stemming from inadequate income, negatively affects health—disproportionately so among expecting/new parents and children. Nordic-style redistribution structures are...

The authors introduce themselves, their research pedigrees and their motivations to write this book helpfully situating the work in a broader context that readers outside the USA might not be...

This study examines professional isolation in Finnish public primary healthcare and how general practitioners (GPs) craft their work in health centres and in the doctor's consulting room in particu...

This study identifies dental disgust as a widespread experience among carers while caring for decayed and ill mouths, hindering vital daily dental care among care-dependent older people. It is based...

Fatphobia, defined as the stigma and discrimination against fat individuals, is a pervasive phenomenon in contemporary societies, embedded in various social contexts, including healthcare. This...

Researchers increasingly report a statistical intersection between autism and transgender (trans) identities. Claims about this estimated relationship have recently proliferated within and beyond...

For many living with chronic illness, COVID-19 is a compounding health crisis. Although a few studies have focused on the experiences of those living with chronic illness, this is the first to...

The urgency of addressing climate change has accelerated the need for healthcare to mitigate its associated environmental harms. Co-benefits approaches are being used in policymaking to frame...

This article analyses the health effects of discrimination experiences across several minority groups in Europe. Despite a broad literature advancing the idea that discrimination is a focal point...

Based on ethnographic observations of hospital video consultations between clinicians and patients, this article investigates the shifting places of care when consultations are displaced from the...

This paper investigates the formation of women's social networks and their influence on maternal health practices. Based on 40 interviews carried out in a rural community in Ethiopia and guided by...

Evidence suggests that exercise may be an effective adjunct to recovery processes associated with addiction; however, little research has been conducted outside clinical settings. This article is...

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Encounters with stigma in healthcare settings are well-documented. In recent years, significant attention has begun to be paid to how we can reduce these stigmas, including through the identificati...