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That sinkin’ feeling: Environmentally induced distress on a disappearing island

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Residents of Tangier Island, Virginia, a subsiding island in the Chesapeake Bay, embody psychosocial dimensions of environmental change. Analysis of ethnographic data shows islanders’ experiences and articulations of anxiety, panic, and despair as “that sinkin’ feeling,” resulting from the stress of living with the long‐term threat of imminent
Jonna Yarrington
wiley   +1 more source

Sulmasy et al.: Physician-Assisted Suicide: Against Medical Neutrality. [PDF]

J Gen Intern Med, 2019
Clayville K, Miller P.
europepmc   +1 more source

(Re)Turning to Black feminist consciousness: Deconstructing the politics of reproductive racism in Britain

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Using ethnographic vignettes from my doctoral research, this article contextualizes and analyses Britain's Black maternal health crisis— a crisis of reproductive racism— through a Black feminist lens. The inequities Black mothers face has a strong Black (and) feminist history of being analyzed in relation to the politics of anti‐Black racism ...
Princess Banda
wiley   +1 more source

The American Medical Association and Physician-Assisted Suicide. [PDF]

Linacre Q, 2018
White FJ.
europepmc   +1 more source

“Why can't they put us to sleep if we are suffering?”: La Nada and the desire for euthanasia among institutionalized older adults in Peru

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, I examine how institutionalized older adults in Peru articulate suffering through the idiom of la nada—“nothingness”—and how this shapes desires for euthanasia. Moving from close ethnography of bodies in space and time to structural and ethical discourses on euthanasia, I argue that calls for euthanasia arise not only from ...
Magdalena Zegarra Chiappori
wiley   +1 more source

“Buprenorphine doesn't hold me”: Neurochemical afterlives of state violence and the struggle for meaning in addiction treatment

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper analyzes two disparate experiences of buprenorphine, a medication for opioid addiction, in California. Within the context of the U.S. War on Drugs and after decades of criminalization, buprenorphine represents a shift toward outpatient medical treatment of opioid addiction, but it has been unequally distributed and experienced ...
Textor Lauren
wiley   +1 more source

Should physician-assisted suicide be accepted in the practice of medicine? A literature review. [PDF]

Future Healthc J, 2019
Liao YW.
europepmc   +1 more source

‘I was a bit hasty … I was a young resident!’ Medical residents' responses to clinical uncertainty

Medical Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Uncertainty is intrinsic to medical practice. Improving trainees' uncertainty tolerance requires exploring their responses to clinical uncertainty in clinical contexts. Although previous research works have highlighted the role of self‐assessment, contextual cues and responsibility, existing models—developed for experienced ...
Nicolas Belhomme, Alain Lescoat, Pierre Pottier, Yoann Launey, Emmanuel Triby, Thierry Pelaccia, François Robin   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disclosing mental health in medical education: A global qualitative meta‐synthesis

Medical Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Mental health disorders among medical students represent a persistent global challenge. Disclosure, defined as the act of revealing a mental health disorder to peers, educators or institutions, is shaped by cultural norms, institutional structures and professional expectations.
Sameera Aljuwaiser, Gwyndaf Roberts
wiley   +1 more source