Research aims This article investigates the historical roots of green prescriptions, which are a form of social prescribing. It seeks to establish when and why they began to be used in Britain to ...

This essay argues that boundary situations—moments when illness compels a person to confront the limits of bodily and existential integrity—form a shared space between patients and caregivers. By ...

Autistic life writing refers to first-hand accounts of autistic lived experiences which challenge dominant deficit-based understandings of autism. Within autistic life writing, texts that directly ...

Tracing the evolution of informed consent from the Hippocratic tradition to the Ottoman Empire reveals its enduring role as a fundamental ethical principle supporting patient autonomy. Spanning ...

The changing nature of medicine in primary care from an individualised patient-centred practice to industrialised, protocol driven care is fuelling a rise in perfectionism in general practitioners ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine inspires both enthusiasm and concern. It introduces an unprecedented development in the history of knowledge: for the first time, understanding is being ...

Older adults are at risk of having their stories defined for them based on cultural expectations about the values and preferences of certain generations. In music therapy, these expectations can ...

Migrants assuming caregiving roles for other migrants require care themselves. We report on how migrants in South Africa navigate the dual responsibilities of caregiving and self-care. 15 ...

Health-related behaviours are a concern for contemporary health policy and practice given their association with a range of illness outcomes. Many of the policies and interventions aimed at changing ...

Healthcare education is increasingly moving beyond the biomedical paradigm to incorporate medical humanities, highlighting a person-centred approach. Integrative medicine encompasses biomedical ...

In recent centuries, death has become increasingly medicalised, institutionalised and distanced from everyday life. This societal shift has contributed to growing discomfort around acknowledging death ...