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Phenomenology of Identity: Narrative Medicine Curricula in the Care of Eating Disorders.

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Journal of Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2025-01-27 DOI: 10.1007/s10912-025-09929-6

Laila Knio, Harini Sridhar

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The Comic Research Abstract: Graphic Medicine as Interdisciplinary Health Research (Example: Intergenerational Storytelling).

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Journal of Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2025-01-24 DOI: 10.1007/s10912-025-09931-y

Andrea Charise

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"DNA Doesn't Lie:" Genetic Essentialism and Determinism in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

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Journal of Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2025-01-24 DOI: 10.1007/s10912-024-09923-4

Alice Lillydahl, Jay Clayton

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House Calls in the Desert.

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Journal of Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2025-01-23 DOI: 10.1007/s10912-025-09933-w

Evelyn M Potochny

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Glass Ceiling. 玻璃天花板。

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Journal of Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2025-01-18 DOI: 10.1007/s10912-025-09927-8

James S Huntley

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An Interview with Rita Charon. 采访Rita Charon。

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Journal of Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2025-01-17 DOI: 10.1007/s10912-024-09924-3

Nathan Carlin

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Scars and Stains: Lessons from Intensive Care, by Mark ZY Tan. Oakamoor, UK: Hawksmoor Publishing, 2024. 《疤痕与污点：重症监护的教训》，谭志强著。oakamor, UK: Hawksmoor Publishing, 2024。

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Journal of Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2025-01-17 DOI: 10.1007/s10912-025-09932-x

Hannah Scott

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Guest Editorial: Medical Humanities and COVID-19/Post-COVID-19 Challenges. 客座社论：医学人文与COVID-19/后COVID-19挑战。

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Journal of Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2025-01-15 DOI: 10.1007/s10912-025-09928-7

Sofia Morberg Jämterud, Anna Bredström, Kristin Zeiler

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Obstetric Sonar, Media Archaeology, Feminist Critique. 产科声纳，媒体考古学，女权主义批判。

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Journal of Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2025-01-15 DOI: 10.1007/s10912-024-09926-1

Rose Rowson

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Misreading Medicine: Statutory Prohibitions of Abortion for Disability. 误读医学：残疾堕胎的法定禁令。

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Journal of Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2025-01-08 DOI: 10.1007/s10912-024-09925-2

Megan Glasmann

{"title":"Misreading Medicine: Statutory Prohibitions of Abortion for Disability.","authors":"Megan Glasmann","doi":"10.1007/s10912-024-09925-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10912-024-09925-2","url":null,"abstract":"Abortion prohibitions in some states include carve-outs based on the medical condition of either the mother or the fetus. These carve-outs, however, may be couched in limiting language structured by legislators rather than in language understandable in the context of medical care. In circumstances where legislative bodies fail to adequately incorporate medical professionals in the drafting of medical laws, the resulting vagueness or ambiguity may lead to a lack of utility or viability. This paper considers the consequences of such legislative misreading of medicine. It does so with a particular example, Utah's abortion trigger law, 2020 Senate Bill 174 (S.B. 174). S.B. 174 was enacted in 2020 (currently enjoined pending the outcome of Planned Parenthood Association of Utah v. State of Utah) and includes an exception for serious fetal anomaly-in other words, disability. While Utah is not alone in its inclusion of a disability exception for abortion, S.B. 174 is unique in the language it uses to carve out this exception: the law requires that the fetus has a \"uniformly diagnosable and uniformly lethal\" defect. This article explores the medical-legal mismatch in S.B. 174 through an analysis of the statute's legislative history and its language, an academic and legal database review, and an application of the statutory language to multiple serious genetic diagnoses. In doing so, this paper unpacks just how mismatched these terms are and reveals the massive gap the law will leave between the legal consequences and the medical realities of abortion.","PeriodicalId":45518,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Humanities","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142956518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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