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British Festival of Science: Shame in Medicine – The Lost Forest
The Shame and Medicine Project was delighted to be part of the 2023 British Festival of Science. We held an interactive art exhibition at St Pancras Church in the Guildhall Shopping Centre on Friday...
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We are delighted to share our latest Graphic Medicine pieces. Experiences of shame are powerful, deeply held, and infrequently shared; finding the words to describe them can be difficult. The Shame...
View ArticleMonsters
Post-op drifting after reconstructive surgery, in a wide-open, multi-bed recovery room partitioned by wavy muslin walls, I heard one strangled sentence above the racket of skittering curtain hooks....
View ArticleReflective Practice: A Tool to Process Shame
It was really odd starting medical school in the middle of the pandemic. Continually reminded of the pertinent reality of the career paths upon which we had embarked, we remained incredibly distant...
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Call for Patients
Do you live in England and have you felt shame or self-conscious when you’ve been to see a Doctor? Take part in our research. You’ll need to complete a short report about your experience which usually...
View ArticleHealing together after medical harm: A bittersweet journey
A peppermint candy was all I needed. Whenever I cried after making a mistake in my spelling test in first grade, my teacher, dear Madame Carty, would always give me a peppermint to soothe my feelings....
View ArticleFeeling ‘not-so-likeable’: historicising loneliness as a shamed emotion
There are all kinds of reasons why we might feel lonely. From philosophical explorations of loneliness as an essential part of being human, to political critiques of modern alienation, toxic...
View ArticleMoral Injury: a manifestation of shame in Healthcare workers
I’ve always thought that if shame were an animal it would be a box jellyfish, at times delivering its effect slowly through repeated contact with its tentacles and at other times swiftly, with a sudden...
View ArticleNEW ARTICLE: Shame, health literacy and consent
Lyons B, Dolezal L. Shame, health literacy and consent. Clinical Ethics. 2023;0(0). DOI: 10.1177/14777509231218203 Abstract This paper is particularly concerned with shame, sometimes considered the...
View ArticleFredrik Westerlund Seminar
WATCH RECORDING We are delighted to welcome to Exeter, Dr Fredrik Westerlund, University of Jyväskylä, Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, to give the seminar: “Myself in the Eyes of Others:...
View ArticleNEW VISITING RESEARCHER: FRED COOPER
We are delighted to welcome Dr Fred Cooper, University of Bristol, to the Shame and Medicine Project as an Honorary Research Fellow until January 2025. Fred is a historian of medicine at @BristolUniLaw...
View ArticleSpeaking of Shame
My conversation with Luna Dolezal seems like a contradiction. For someone whose philosophy career has taken her deep into the emotion of shame and its powerful – sometimes troubling – effects on our...
View ArticleCall for Stories: “Uncertainty in Medicine”
Our friends at The Nocturnists are collecting stories for a new podcast series on “Uncertainty in Medicine”, a topic that “goes largely unacknowledged in medical training, as recognizing it can feel...
View ArticleWhen we hurt our patients: Shame in clinical encounters for breast cancer...
There are many reasons why shame may be experienced during treatment for breast cancer. Shame about the diagnosis, about how a lump was found (or not found) can be experienced. Shame about risk factors...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Inquiry
We are proud to see that the UKRI referenced the Scenes of Shame and Stigma in COVID-19 project, via Pandemic and Beyond, for their submission to Module 4 of the COVID-19 Inquiry.
View ArticleNew Chapter: Shame
Dolezal, L. “Shame.” In Kevin Aho, Megan Altman & Hans Pedersen (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Existentialism. London: Routledge Abstract: As a philosophical approach which takes...
View ArticleHow shame highlighted the importance of deconstructing biomedical science and...
After graduating from medical school in 2018, I had an experience that led me to feel shame upon recognising that I could not communicate with patients from their perspective. Patients with chronic or...
View ArticleSupriya Subramani 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, Dr Supriya Subramani, University of Sydney, to give...
View ArticleChronic Shame, Serious Mental Illness (SMI), Lived Experience & Audit Culture
As I write this I have just come through an acute episode of shame. I’ve been hiding from myself for days. In such panic I’ve had trouble breathing. I have a tendency to hold my breath. Not on purpose,...
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‘Researching Shame’ Conference
REGISTRATION is open and speakers are announced! WHEN: 5th June 2024, 09.30 – 17.00 (Registration from 09.30, start at 10.00) WHERE: The Assembly Room, The Exchange, Birmingham FREE attendance Visit...
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