Researching a painful taboo in healthcare
Through work such as the Shame and Medicine project we have become more aware of the significant but silent impact shame can have on healthcare. Feeling shame or embarrassment about our health problems...
View ArticleNEW ARTICLE: A Sartrean analysis of pandemic shaming
Luna Dolezal and Arthur Rose turn to Jean-Paul Sartre to analyse the particular phenomenon of COVID-19 pandemic shaming. Abstract In this paper, we analyse the particular phenomena of COVID-19 pandemic...
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The clothes of shame
A knotted gut. Breathlessness. Intense self-loathing. Wanting to hide. Ruminating and agonising for days. Rationalisation and learning. These familiar and habitual sensations, behaviours and outcomes...
View ArticleBOOK RELEASE: COVID-19 and Shame Political Emotions and Public Health in the UK
We are excited to announce the publication of a new book: Covid-19 & Shame: Political Emotions & Public Health in the UK, by Fred Cooper, Luna Dolezal & Arthur Rose...
View ArticleNEW PODCAST SERIES: Shame and the Pandemic
We are excited to announce the launch of a new podcast series “Shame and the Pandemic”, produced by Volume Podcasts and hosted by journalist Paul McNally. The 6-episode podcast series showcases the...
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AWARD WINNING PODCAST SERIES
We are so proud that Shame in Medicine: The Lost Forest, the 10-part audio documentary series produced by The Nocturnists in collaboration with the Shame and Medicine project, at the University of...
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Maternity care for women of a higher weight – how is shame experienced?
For most women, pregnancy and birth should be a time of excitement, anticipation and promise. However, women of a higher weight* can have a negative experience of maternity care due to experiencing...
View ArticleVaccine Hesitancy, Death Shaming and COVID-19
On the 24th of August 2021, the online media platform New Frame published a satirical cartoon by the South African illustrator Carlos Amato. The cartoon depicts several rows of gravestones, each etched...
View ArticleNEW ARTICLE: Shame, Guilt and Medical Error in Ann Patchett’s State of Wonder
Dolezal, L and Rose, A., “Shame, Guilt, and Medical Error in Ann Patchett’s State of Wonder,” Literature and Medicine, vol. 40 no. 2, 2022, p. 326-345. Project MUSE Abstract: Through exploring the...
View ArticleVisiting Researchers
We are delighted to welcome two visiting researchers to the Shame and Medicine Project this year. Jenny Cunningham, Midwife and PhD student, Kingston University London. Jenny’s work focuses on weight...
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Shame in Medicine: The Lost Forest, the 10-part audio documentary series produced by The Nocturnists in collaboration with the Shame and Medicine project has been nominated for a Webby Award! The...
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The Nocturnists Webinar: Shame in men in medicine – Wed 26 Apr – 09.00-10.30 EST
In The Nocturnists, in collaboration with the Shame and Medicine project, shame podcast series, we were surprised—and even concerned—when only ~20% of submitted stories came from men in medicine. Dr...
View ArticleWary and watchful: Life with hepatitis C
I have been producing some creative work over the past three years based on my lived experience of having hepatitis C (now cured). Hepatitis C is a viral liver disease passed on by blood-to-blood...
View ArticleImogen Tyler Seminar
The Shame and Medicine Project and the Wellcome Centre for Cultures and Environments of Health are thrilled to welcome to the University of Exeter, Professor Imogen Tyler, Professor of Sociology at...
View ArticleJenny Cunningham Seminar
We are delighted to welcome visiting researcher Jenny Cunningham, Midwife and PhD student, Kingston University London, to the Shame and Medicine Project and the Wellcome Centre for Cultures and...
View ArticleLouise Kathrine Folker Christensen Seminar
We are delighted to welcome visiting researcher Louise Kathrine Folker Christensen to the Shame and Medicine Project and the Wellcome Centre for Cultures and Environments of Health in September....
View ArticleShame in the Psychosexual Therapy Room
Shame and sex are synonymous with each other. This entwined relationship has led me, as a psychosexual therapist, to explore shame for my PhD research. Through my research, I have recognised that...
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Shame and Telemedicine
It is clear that shame can get in the way of the successful delivery of healthcare and can clearly impact on health outcomes. People who are anxious about shameful exposure may avoid seeking help in...
View ArticleNLM Bookshelf Release: COVID-19 and Shame: Political Emotions and Public...
We are pleased to see the Scenes of Shame and Stigma in COVID-19 project team’s book COVID-19 and Shame: Political Emotions and Public Health in the UK featured in the National Library of Medicine...
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‘Researching Shame’ Conference
REGISTRATION (closes on Friday 17th May 2024) The Shame and Medicine Project invites you to a free in-person one-day conference exploring different ways in which to research shame. Shame and Medicine...
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