Stories
- Book extract
Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life
The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.
- Article
Between sickness and health
In early 2020, the subject Will Rees was studying – imaginary illnesses – took on a new relevance as everyone anxiously scanned themselves for Covid symptoms each day. But this kind of self-scrutiny is nothing new, as he reveals.
- Article
Battling the heteronormativity of sexual health
As a queer, Black women, Mary W is sick of the never-ending hetero-cycle of clinic appointments, where her needs and sexuality are always a surprise to the doctor. She calls for a revolution.
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Love, longing and tea from the polski sklep
For people of Polish origin in the UK, herbal tea is closely tied to health and shared history. Kasia Tomasiewicz explores her changing relationship to these tea-related cultural habits.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
KAP (Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice)
Date: 1960 - 2001Reference: SA/FPA/C/E/16/2/3Part of: Family Planning Association- Books
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On certain medical delusions : an introductory lecture to the course of institutes of medicine in Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia : delivered November 4, 1842 / by Robley Dunglison.
Dunglison, Robley, 1798-1869.Date: 1842- Books
Medical anthropology : a biocultural approach / Andrea S. Wiley, John S. Allen.
Wiley, Andrea S., 1962-Date: 2009- Books
Mental health issues and the media : an introduction for health professionals / Gary Morris.
Morris, Gary, 1962-Date: 2006- Books
Tibetan medicine in the contemporary world : global politics of medical knowledge and practice / [edited by] Laurent Pordié.
Date: 2008