Shame, blame, and complex, poorly-understood illness
In October 2021, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published their updated clinical guidance for the diagnosis and management of myalgic encephalomyelitis (or...
View ArticleCall For Papers: 2022 British Society for Phenomenology Annual Conference –...
Call For Papers for special panel for the 2022 British Society for Phenomenology Annual Conference Location: University of Exeter, UK, in-person and virtual (hybrid) Date: Tuesday 30 August –...
View ArticleShame, blame and back again: policymaking in the age of COVID
All governments like to blame someone else when things go wrong. The temptation to shame other people for your policy mistakes can be irresistible and we’ve seen it again with COVID-19. But, spreading...
View ArticlePoverty-induced stigma, shame and humiliation in healthcare settings
The roots of many healthcare concerns and ethical issues lie in poverty, especially in resource-scarce countries. The inextricable link between poverty and health manifests in the wide acknowledgement...
View ArticleNew article: Differential Experiences of Social Distancing: Considering...
In the Special Issue of Puncta on “Pandemic Politics and Phenomenology”, Luna Dolezal and Gemma Lucas’ article titled “Differential Experiences of Social Distancing: Considering Alienated Embodied...
View ArticleShame on you for being human: Combating physician fears of disclosing mental...
Medicine is a profession that attracts a certain type of person. To get into medical school you have to be a driven, high achiever. That often correlates with perfectionism and a competitive streak,...
View ArticleUnderstanding ongoing stigma in COVID-19
I first became intrigued by the issue of COVID-19 stigma when Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson were the first celebrities to ‘come out’ and announce that they had contracted COVID-19, back in March...
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Shame and the Pandemic Podcast
The Scenes of Shame and Stigma in COVID-19 project team, working with Volume, has produced the podcast series ‘Shame and the Pandemic’. The series acts as an accompaniment to their book COVID-19 and...
View ArticleHaunted by shame, silenced by stigma: the experience of mothers living apart...
Mothers who have their children removed by the state are haunted by the shame of being judged a deeply flawed mother. They are haunted, too, by the ‘ghosts’ of the children they have lost – a unique...
View ArticleShame Competence Training
Alongside the Shame and Medicine Project, and funded separately, Luna Dolezal has worked in collaboration with the Devon & Cornwall Police to develop an innovative and evidence-based ‘shame...
View ArticleNew Funding: Shame Competence Training
We are delighted to announce Luna Dolezal’s successful funding bid to produce, in collaboration with Devon & Cornwall Police, an innovative and evidence-based Shame Competence Training product that...
View ArticleOn Shame, Empathy, and COVID-19 vaccinations
We have all likely felt shame during the COVID-19 pandemic. Perhaps you felt ashamed of not being “productive enough” while working at home. Perhaps you felt shame when you got sick with COVID-19 and...
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New Article: Needlestick
In 2021, the Shame and Medicine Project (University of Exeter) and The Shame Conversation (Duke University) put out a Call for Artists as part of their Graphic Medicine project. The aim of the project...
View ArticleNew article: Closure and the Critical Epidemic Ending
In his article, ‘Closure and the Critical Epidemic Ending’ published in Centaurus – Journal of the European Society for the History of Science, Shame and Medicine research team member Arthur Rose...
View Article“Medicine and doctors, be humble!”
“Medicine and doctors, be humble!” Medicine is meaningless I am a doctor who assumed the power of medicine My job is to diagnose and treat patients I was taught that doctors were virtuous people My...
View ArticleNew Funding: Duke-Exeter Accelerator Grant
Congratulations to Will Bynum and Luna Dolezal for their successful Duke-Exeter Accelerator Grant funding bid entitled ‘Shame in Health Professions Education: Integrating Cross-Cultural Perspectives.’...
View ArticleShame-Sensitive Public Health and COVID-19 Briefing
The Scenes of Shame and Stigma in COVID-19 team have prepared a briefing, Shame-Sensitive Public Health and COVID-19, for the WHO Europe’s Behavioural and Cultural Insights Hub. Synthesising research...
View ArticleShiloh Whitney seminar
We are excited to welcome to Exeter Shiloh Whitney, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University, to give a seminar on “Anger Gaslighting and Affective Injustice” on Wednesday 9th November...
View ArticleMy medical education
When I look back at my early 20’s and my time at medical school, shame overshadows much of my experiences. There is so much joy, and I have been so privileged, but shame has an ability to hide this. I...
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