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Gender medicine: correcting the prejudices and disparities inherent in the biomedical world 性别医学：纠正生物医学界固有的偏见和差异

Asian Journal of Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/ajmedh-2023-0030

Manali Karmakar, Binu Sahayam D

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Surrogacy and dystopian positionality: narrative reproduction between speculative fiction and chick lit 代孕与反乌托邦立场：推理小说与小妞文学之间的叙事再现

Asian Journal of Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/ajmedh-2023-0029

Julia Wurr

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Culture vultures: HIV/AIDS, structured disparities and stigma in Sindh province of Pakistan 文化秃鹫:巴基斯坦信德省的艾滋病毒/艾滋病、结构性差异和耻辱

Asian Journal of Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/ajmedh-2023-0005

Inayat Ali

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A history of medicine for patient: patient subjectivity and the change of historiography of medicine 病人医学史:病人主体性与医学史的变迁

Asian Journal of Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/ajmedh-2023-0003

Yifang Wang, Liang Yao

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“Cultural diversity in harmony” and the building of a global community of medical humanities “文化多元和谐”与构建全球医学人文共同体

Asian Journal of Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/ajmedh-2022-0001

Yu-long He

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Remembering the homesickness of medicine 忆起医之思乡

Asian Journal of Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/ajmedh-2022-0012

Zhibin Yao

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On the local practice of narrative palliative care 叙事性姑息治疗的地方实践

Asian Journal of Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/ajmedh-2022-0008

Fei Li, X. Ning, Zhongxuan He, Jingwen Fang, Jianli Wang, Li-na Hou, Yuhong Jiang

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Narrative research on the stories about mystery and the spiritual beings of medicinal herbs in ancient China 中国古代草药神秘故事与灵异故事的叙事研究

Asian Journal of Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/ajmedh-2023-0012

Suhua Xiao

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