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Fleeing fear, defying prejudice

As teenage refugee Sedra Al-Yousef grappled with rebuilding her life and education in another country, at the same time she used compassion and humanity to demolish populist anti-refugee myths.

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Getting the measure of pain

In the 20th century doctors tried to find a way to measure pain. But even when ‘objective’ measures were rejected, an accurate understanding of another’s pain remained frustratingly elusive.

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Love, grief and assisted dying

In this deeply affecting story, Michelle Elliot explores the events and emotions around the time of her mother’s medically assisted death in Canada, where the practice is legal.

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  • Dental clinic, U.S.A.: dental hygienists examine two boys seated in wooden dentist chairs; the room is decorated with dental hygiene awareness posters. Photograph, ca. 1920.
  • A school-children's dental clinic in Berlin: some children being treated and others waiting, all are girls. Photograph.
  • A community dental clinic for people with HIV and AIDS / Lewisham & North Southwark Health Authority ; graphic designer: Chrissan Moldrich.
  • A community dental clinic for people with HIV and AIDS / Lewisham & North Southwark Health Authority ; graphic designer: Chrissan Moldrich.
  • A community dental clinic for people with HIV and AIDS / Lewisham & North Southwark Health Authority ; graphic designer: Chrissan Moldrich.
  • A community dental clinic for people with HIV and AIDS / Lewisham & North Southwark Health Authority ; graphic designer: Chrissan Moldrich.
  • A dentist telling off his black assistant for not extracting a tooth, the assistant retorts that instead of the tooth he got the patients's watch and pocket book. Process print after G.E. Studdy.
  • A dentist telling off his black assistant for not extracting a tooth, the assistant retorts that instead of the tooth he got the patients's watch and pocket book. Process print after G.E. Studdy.
  • Eastman Dental Hospital, London: view of the facade. Process print, 1926.
  • Eastman Dental Hospital, London: view of the entrance hall. Process print, 1926.
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