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Efficacy of solidarity as a public health response. 团结一致作为公共卫生应对措施的效力。

IF 1.3 3区社会学

Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2026-07-10 DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2026-013907

Daniel Nabil Maroun

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From regimen to representation: medical advice and the beautiful body in early modern Europe. 从养生到表现：近代早期欧洲的医疗建议和美丽的身体。

IF 1.3 3区社会学

Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2026-07-10 DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2026-014027

Erin Griffey

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Glasgow's Royal Hospital for Sick Children: 'nationalisation' and protecting voluntary largesse. 格拉斯哥皇家儿童医院：“国有化”和保护自愿捐赠。

IF 1.3 3区社会学

Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2026-07-09 DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2024-013064

Iain Hutchison

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Sore not sorry: feminist performance and the health humanities. 不对不起：女权主义表演和健康人文。

IF 1.3 3区社会学

Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2026-07-09 DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2026-014141

Leah Sidi, Verónica Rodríguez

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Ageing, care and trauma: understanding care dynamics in long-term residential care in A Star Ain't Nothin' but a Hole in Heaven. 老龄化，护理和创伤：理解长期住宿护理中的护理动态，《一颗星星什么都不是，只是天上的一个洞》。

IF 1.3 3区社会学

Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2026-07-09 DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2026-013945

Sruthi Madhu, Soumya Jose

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Biopolitical control and organic alternatives in Susan Abulhawa's The Blue Between Sky and Water. Susan Abulhawa的《天水之间的蓝色》中的生物政治控制和有机替代品。

IF 1.3 3区社会学

Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2026-07-03 DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2026-013881

Sabrine Saleh, Yousef Abu Amrieh

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Pain and suffering: the ethics of our words within and beyond the NICU. 痛苦和折磨：我们在新生儿重症监护室内外的话语伦理。

IF 1.3 3区社会学

Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2026-06-29 DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2026-013838

Michael van Manen

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'We have been completely immersed in frustration and trauma': ambivalence in informal migrant care systems in South Africa. “我们完全沉浸在挫折和创伤中”：南非非正规移民护理系统的矛盾心理。

IF 1.3 3区社会学

Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2026-06-26 DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2025-013390

Rowan Madzamba, Asithandile Nozewu, Kitso Setswe, Christine Anthonissen, Mike Moesko, Leslie Swartz

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Maternal gaze: reflections on the use of antenatal imaging in anxiety. 母亲凝视：对产前成像在焦虑中的应用的思考。

IF 1.3 3区社会学

Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2026-06-23 DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2026-013962

Chrishanthy Grace Jayarajah

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Losing one's voice as a physician. 失声的作为医生失去声音的

IF 1.2 3区社会学

Medical Humanities Pub Date : 2026-06-12 DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2026-013858

Masayoshi Ide

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