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Silent Speech in Phaswane Mpe's HIV/AIDS Writing. Phaswane Mpe 的艾滋病写作中的无声言语。

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Journal of Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2024-08-31 DOI: 10.1007/s10912-024-09871-z

Sheila Giffen

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The Room. 房间

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Journal of Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2024-10-08 DOI: 10.1007/s10912-024-09899-1

Virginjia Vilkelyte, Luna Dolezal, Juanita Navarro-Páez, Charlotte A Wu, Will Bynum, Zara Slattery

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Correction: Developing Disability-Focused Pre-Health and Health Professions Curricula. 更正：开发以残疾问题为重点的卫生和健康专业预科课程。

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Journal of Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2025-06-01 DOI: 10.1007/s10912-024-09917-2

Rachel Conrad Bracken, Kenneth A Richman, Rebecca Garden, Rebecca Fischbein, Raman Bhambra, Neli Ragina, Shay Dawson, Ariel Cascio

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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 : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-04 DOI: 10.1007/s10912-025-09951-8

Jorge J Locane, Marta Puxan-Oliva

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Perspectives. 视角。

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Journal of Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-02-05 DOI: 10.1007/s10912-025-09934-9

Lilit Sargsyan

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Narrating Loneliness: Isolation, Disaffection, and the Contemporary Novel. 叙述孤独：孤独、疏离与当代小说。

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Journal of Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-22 DOI: 10.1007/s10912-024-09855-z

Neus Rotger

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The Use of Hand Gestures (Hastas) in Bharatanatyam for Creative Aging. 在巴拉特那提亚舞中使用手势 (Hastas) 创造性地延年益寿。

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Journal of Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-24 DOI: 10.1007/s10912-024-09861-1

Sloka Iyengar

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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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