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Neurosciences of Experience: Commemorating 10 Years Since the Passing of Oliver Sacks. 经验的神经科学：纪念奥利弗·萨克斯逝世10周年。

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Journal of Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2025-06-09 DOI: 10.1007/s10912-025-09956-3

Gabriel Sepulveda

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Introduction to Special Issue on "Beyond Illness and Literature: A Global Approach". “超越疾病与文学：全球方法”特刊导言。

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Journal of Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2025-06-04 DOI: 10.1007/s10912-025-09951-8

Jorge J Locane, Marta Puxan-Oliva

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Exploring Recovery Narratives of Physicians and Medical Trainees with Mental Illness: A Thematic Analysis. 心理疾病医师与实习医师的康复叙述：主题分析。

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Journal of Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2025-06-03 DOI: 10.1007/s10912-025-09958-1

Mackenzi S Oswald, Donna T Chen

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Cadence of Decline. 衰落的节奏。

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Journal of Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2025-06-02 DOI: 10.1007/s10912-025-09962-5

Josh Bandopadhay

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Elective Egg Freezing in Canada: Developing a Framework for Consent Documents. 加拿大的选择性卵子冷冻：制定同意文件框架。

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Journal of Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2025-06-02 DOI: 10.1007/s10912-025-09953-6

Kathleen Hammond, Alana Cattapan

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Medicines of Uncertainty and Objects of Care: Creative Engagement with an Ancient 'Folding Almanac'. 不确定药物和护理对象：与古代“折叠年鉴”的创造性接触。

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Journal of Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2025-05-30 DOI: 10.1007/s10912-025-09954-5

Sarah Scaife

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Memoir-Writing: A Mode of Self-Care and Patient Empowerment in Annabel Abbs's The Joyce Girl (2016). 回忆录写作：安娜贝尔·阿布斯的《乔伊斯女孩》（2016）中的一种自我照顾和病人赋权模式。

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Journal of Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2025-05-30 DOI: 10.1007/s10912-025-09955-4

Swati Joshi

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"I Delivered With a Team Where I Recognized No One": Understanding Depersonalization of Healthcare Through Women's Birth Stories. “我和一个我不认识的团队一起分娩”：通过妇女的分娩故事了解医疗保健的去人格化。

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Journal of Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2025-05-29 DOI: 10.1007/s10912-025-09957-2

Susanna Foxworthy Scott, Nicole L Johnson, Jennifer J Bute, Maria Brann, Darla Imhausen-Slaughter

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Cutting into Change: Reflection on Surgeon Diet and Professional Identity. 切入变化：对外科医生饮食与职业认同的反思。

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Journal of Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2025-05-28 DOI: 10.1007/s10912-025-09959-0

Thriaksh Rajan, Neil Mehta

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Building the Worlds That Kill Us: Disease, Death, and Inequality in American History, by David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz. New York: Columbia University Press, 2024. 《建造杀死我们的世界：美国历史上的疾病、死亡和不平等》，作者：大卫·罗斯纳和杰拉尔德·马科维茨。纽约：哥伦比亚大学出版社，2024。

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Journal of Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2025-05-28 DOI: 10.1007/s10912-025-09961-6

Arline T Geronimus

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