Stories
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Sex work, stigma and whorephobia
Like everyone, sex workers sometimes need medical or mental health support. But shame and stigma seriously affect attitudes and access.
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Reversing the psychiatric gaze
Nineteenth-century psychiatrists were keen to categorise their patients’ illnesses reductively – by their physical appearance. But we can see a far more complex picture of mental distress, revealed by those patients able to express their inner worlds in art.
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Busting myths about turkey-baster babies
The popular idea of sex-free, turkey-baster-led conception has been around since the 1970s. Christine Ro goes beyond the utensils drawer to find out if it’s ever really happened.
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The side effects of lithium mining
Laura Grace Simpkins attempts to untangle some uncomfortable truths about the social and environmental costs of making her medication.
Catalogue
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Sexual anomalies : the origins, nature and treatment of sexual disorders. A summary of the works of Magnus Hirschfeld, comp. as a humble memorial by his pupils. A textbook for the medical and legal professions, ministers, educators, psychologists, biologists, sociologists and social workers, criminologists and students in these fields.
Hirschfeld, Magnus, 1868-1935.Date: [1948]- Books
Risk intervention and change : HIV prevention and drug use / Tim Rhodes.
Rhodes, Tim (Medical sociologist)Date: 1994- Books
Cultures of oral health : discourses, practices and theory / edited by Claire L. Jones and Barry J. Gibson.
Date: 2023- Books
HIV outreach health education : national and international perspectives / Tim Rhodes [and others].
Rhodes, Tim (Medical sociologist)Date: 1991- Books
Medical sociology in Britain : a register of research and teaching / compiled and edited by Rosaline S. Barbour, Edwin van Teijlingen.
Date: 1998