• Ethnography of texts: a literature review of health and female homosexuality in Brazil 

      Engebretsen, Eivind; Kristiansen, Hans Wiggo; Moen, Kåre; Steuernagel, Carolina Rau (Medical Humanities;First published October 13, 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-01-10)
      This paper reviews the literature on health and female homosexuality in Brazil and, along the way, outlines an alternative approach to reviewing academic literature. Rather than summarising the contents of previously ...
    • How care holds humanity: the myth of Cura and theories of care 

      Hanisch, Halvor Melbye (Medical Humanities;Volume 48, Issue 1, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-09-14)
      Modern medicine has often struggled to grasp the cultural aspects of interpersonal care. The medical humanities, on the other hand, have struggled to grasp the embodied, intimate character of care. In a recent appeal to ...
    • The singular patient in patient-centred care. Physiotherapists' accounts of treatment of patients with chronic muscle pain 

      Ahlsen, Birgitte; Engebretsen, Eivind; Nicholls, David; Mengshoel, Anne Marit (Medical Humanities;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-03-27)
      A patient-centered approach has gained increasing interest in medicine and other health sciences. Whereas there are discussions about the meaning of a patientcentered approach and what the concept entails, little is known ...