Stories
- Book extract
Tracing the roots of our fears and fixations
Kate Summerscale explores the history of our anxieties and compulsions, and the new phobias and manias that are always emerging.
- Article
Do good mothers make good democracy?
To be psychologically fit for democracy, one distinguished paediatrician argued that you need a ‘good enough mother’ – and that we must acknowledge the bad side of our feelings.
- Long read
Healthy scepticism
Healthcare sceptics – like those opposed to Covid-19 vaccinations – often have serious, nuanced reasons for doubting medical authorities.
- Article
The ‘undesirable epileptic’
Abused in her marriage for being 'a sick woman', Aparna Nair looked to history to make sense of the response to her epilepsy. She discovered how centuries of fear and discrimination were often endorsed by science and legislation.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
ICM/USAID (The United States Agency for International Development)
Date: c.1961-1981Reference: SA/ICM/LPart of: International Confederation of Midwives- Books
Feed the future : The U.S. Government's global hunger & food security initiative : Feed the Future gobal performance, final evaluation report annexes / prepared independently by Lee Briggs, Evaulation Team Leader [and 8 others] for USAID.
Briggs, LeeDate: 2016- Books
Environmental change in the West African Sahel / Advisory Committee on the Sahel, Board on Science and Technology for International Development, Office of International Affairs, National Research Council, United States of America.
Date: 1984- Archives and manuscripts
Sources for educational material
Date: 1977-1978Reference: SA/ICM/L/1/5Part of: International Confederation of Midwives- Archives and manuscripts
USAID Grant
Date: 1971 - 1980Reference: SA/ICM/L/2Part of: International Confederation of Midwives