Stories
- Article
Drugs in Victorian Britain
Many common remedies were taken throughout the 19th century, with more people than ever using them. What was the social and cultural context of this development?
- 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.
- Long read
Healthy scepticism
Healthcare sceptics – like those opposed to Covid-19 vaccinations – often have serious, nuanced reasons for doubting medical authorities.
Catalogue
- Books
Introduction : cultural categories and the power of ambiguity / Anita Jacobson-Widding.
Jacobson-Widding, Anita, 1934-Date: 1989- E-books
- Online
The politics of cultural pluralism / Crawford Young.
Young, Crawford, 1931-Date: 1976- Books
Culture, experience and pluralism : essays on African ideas of illness and healing / edited by Anita Jacobson-Widding and David Westerlund.
Date: 1989- Books
The role of complementary and alternative medicine : accommodating pluralism / Daniel Callahan, editor.
Date: [2002], ©2002- Books
Health care in Maya Guatemala : confronting medical pluralism in a developing country / Walter Randolph Adams, John P. Hawkins.
Adams, Walter Randolph.Date: [2007], ©2007