Stories
- 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.
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The island of unclaimed bodies
In New York, those who live and die on the extreme edges of society are buried on an isolated island, often forgotten and unmourned. But recent legal changes aim to reduce stigma and restore their dignity.
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Intertwined with air
Siwakorn Odochao details his people’s way of perceiving trees and humans as intimately connected, and draws on the air as the element that weaves between them. Through the co-dependency of humans and trees to prepare the air for each other, he elaborates on the relationship between air, health and environment.
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Getting around the rules of sex education
What should we and shouldn’t we teach our teens about sex, inside and outside of the classroom?
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Legislation
Date: 1979-2000Reference: SA/PHY/G/3Part of: The Physiological Society- Archives and manuscripts
Legislation digests
Date: September 2007-May 2008Reference: WT/D/3/3/2Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
Legislation Committee reports
Date: 1998-2000Reference: SA/WFO/E/2Part of: World Federation of Occupational Therapists (est.1952)- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Legislation
Date: 1968-1972Reference: PP/RJH/G.1/12Part of: Hetherington, Robert J- Archives and manuscripts
Legislation
Date: 1988-1990Reference: SA/ASH/H/2/1Part of: Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)