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When words fail: silence, moral injury and the ethics of presence in South Asian healthcare. 当言语失败时：沉默、道德伤害和南亚医疗保健中的存在伦理。

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Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2026-08-20 DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2025-013627

Mishra Prashant

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The work of stories. 故事的工作。

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Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2026-08-20 DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2026-014392

Sabina Dosani

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The home within care: exploring home-like design in paediatric/adolescent palliative care environments. 护理中的家：探索儿科/青少年姑息治疗环境中的家一样设计。

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Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2026-08-20 DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2025-013379

Sara Nourmusavi Nasab, Rebecca Mclaughlan, Chris L Smith

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Graphic medicine in mental health nursing education: a phenomenological approach to using graphic pathographies as a pedagogical tool. 心理健康护理教育中的图形医学：使用图形病理学作为教学工具的现象学方法。

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Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2026-08-20 DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2025-013281

María José Mompeán-Mejías, Rocío Juliá-Sanchis

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End chapter: illness memoirs and narrative humility in shaping the language of palliative care. 最后一章：疾病回忆录和叙事谦卑在塑造姑息治疗的语言。

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Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2026-08-20 DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2025-013569

Sankari Palanivel, Sashi Kala Govindarajulu, Rajendran V G

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Reclaiming care: integrating nursing humanities into Philippine nursing education. 再造关怀：将护理人文融入菲律宾护理教育。

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Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2026-08-20 DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2024-013160

Noriel Calaguas, John Paolo Sarce

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Neuroetymology: bridging memorisation and meaning in medical education through narrative and critical reflection. 神经词源学：通过叙事和批判性反思在医学教育中架桥记忆和意义。

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Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2026-08-20 DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2025-013698

Marleide da Mota Gomes, Lucas Lima Najar

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Ethical aspects of medical television: qualitative research methods in the context of China. 医学电视节目的伦理方面：中国背景下的定性研究方法。

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Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2026-08-20 DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2025-013456

Xuan Wang, Zheng Zachory Wei

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A note on forgiveness: film as case history. 关于宽恕的注释：作为案例的电影。

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Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2026-08-20 DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2025-013538

Robert Clark Abrams

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Gaze that shamed science: Canine defiance and the ethics of experimental physiology. 让科学蒙羞的凝视：犬类的反抗和实验生理学的伦理。

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Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2026-08-20 DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2025-013346

Ruth Y Y Hung

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