Stories
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Religion and mental health
At a time of extreme distress, Jamila Pereira found that the faith she had relied on was failing her. Here she describes how she found other ways to begin healing and finding happiness.
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The solidarity of sickness
Visiting an injured friend in hospital prompts writer Sinéad Gleeson to reflect on the instant rapport forged between compatriots in the kingdom of the sick.
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When monarchs healed the sick
Our current Queen fortunately doesn’t have to spend hours laying hands on the sick to cure them. But it was a different story for monarchs of the early modern era, whose touch was a sought-after treatment for scrofula.
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The sickness in the wellness industry
In recovery from anorexia, Gwen Smith began to realise how the wellness industry needs its followers to feel bad about themselves in order to make money out them.
Catalogue
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Who shall take care of our sick? : Roman Catholic sisters and the development of Catholic hospitals in New York City / Bernadette Mccauley.
McCauley, Bernadette.Date: 2005- Pictures
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A mother tending her sick child, a boy washing his hands, a man bandaging a wound, a woman washing clothes and 2 people cleaning their teeth; one of a series of AIDS prevention educational posters issued by the Committed Communities Development Trust in Mumbai. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
Date: [1997?]Reference: 677338i- Ephemera
Stages in the growth of modern medicine. hospitals and the care of the sick, First Series - 5.
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Practicing radical health care / Feminist Health Care Research Group.
Feminist Health Care Research GroupDate: 2019- Books
Mother Seigel's home companion : household, toilet, & first aid hints - things a mother should know - the care of the sick - conundrums - popular superstitions, meaning of names, flowers, & precious stones, with much other interesting and useful information / A.J. White & Co. Ltd.
A.J. White, Ltd.Date: [1912?]