In the Journals

In the Journals: March 2013 (PART 1)

There were quite a number of interesting articles related to anthropology, science, and medicine in this month’s round up of journals including those from American Anthropologist, Social Science and Medicine, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine, Science in Context, and Science, Technology, & Human Values. Happy reading!

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Special Issue: Feminism & Psychology, “DSM-5 and Beyond: A Critical Feminist Engagement with Psychodiagnosis”

The current issue of Feminism & Psychology is an open source special issue focusing on the long-promised, upcoming revision to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Entitled “DSM-5 and Beyond: A Critical Feminist Engagement with Psychodiagnosis,” the issue is guest edited by Jeanne Marecek and Nicola Gavey. As they write in their introduction:

The

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In the Journals… February (Part 2)

This post is a follow-up to Jason Alley’s earlier article: “In the Journals… February (Part 1).”

A brief review of some of the most relevant periodicals situated at the intersection between medicine, medical humanities, and the social sciences –  Social Science & Medicine, Psychosomatic Medicine, Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine, and Transcultural Psychiatry, to name …

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In the Journals… New Year’s edition

Happy New Year! As you know, traditional academic publishing lags months (I’ve even heard of years!) behind current events. Therefore, although I’d love to present you this month’s themes as “fresh starts”, “new beginnings” and similar tropes, I can instead only tell you: there’s lots to be read this January!

The Health January 2013 issue contains six articles, this …