Web Roundup: Dr. Jim Yong Kim at the World Bank, and, Dr. Robert Spitzer’s...
In the spirit of the web round-up series, this post gathers links to news stories and timely events of interest to the Somatosphere community that have appeared lately in the popular press and in...
View ArticleLonging for Sleep: Assessing the Place of Sleep in the 21st Century – Part 2...
Sleep has been in the news for the past decade or so as a matter of growing concern. Along with this popular, medical and scientific attention, social scientists have been increasingly interested in...
View ArticleThe Waiting Room by Miriam Ticktin
I sat waiting for my turn to see the doctor. I watched as women went in and out. I listened as names were called. Eventually, there were only two of us left in the waiting room: another young woman...
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Top of the heap: Martyn Pickersgill by Ekaterina Anderson
This week Martyn Pickersgill of the University of Edinburgh speaks to “Top of the heap” about some recent books on humanitarianism, pharmaceuticals, dementia and expertise. Martyn Pickersgill Amongst...
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Peter Redfield’s Life in Crisis by Hanna Kienzler
Life in crisis: The ethical journey of doctors without borders by Peter Redfield University of California Press, 2013. 338 pages. “Should we only get involved in beautiful, sexy emergencies or also...
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Book review: Reimagining Global Health by Piyush Pushkar
Reimagining Global Health: An Introduction Edited by Paul Farmer, Jim Yong Kim, Arthur Kleinman, Matthew Basilico University of California Press, 2013, 478 pages This textbook was written for an...
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Top of the heap: Sarah Willen by Maria Cecilia Dedios
For this installment of “Top of the heap,” we spoke to Sarah Willen, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Human Rights Institute’s Research Program on Global Health and Human Rights...
View ArticleCompetence for Citizenship by Gitte Beckmann
White ants are a delicacy in the subregion Acholi in northern Uganda. Since fresh ones are available only once a year when they become flying roamers, one 100-kg sack of ants can bring in as much money...
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Book Forum: Saida Hodžić’s The Twilight of Cutting: African Activism and Life...
Saida Hodžić’s The Twilight of Cutting: African Activism and Life after NGOs (University of California Press, 2017) illuminates the myriad state and non-state actors collaborating on campaigns against...
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Utopian aspirations in a dystopian world: “Health for all” and the Universal...
Promotional materials from the global campaign to achieve Universal Health Coverage by the year 2030. Copyright UHC2030 – reproduced here under ‘fair use’ for academic purposes. “Health for All?”...
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