“Nanny’s on The Gear”: Chaos and Medicinal Cannabis in Advanced Cancer Illness Narratives
What do people diagnosed with a terminal illness talk about? How can their narratives influence care? This report explores the narratives of three women with advanced cancer who participated in a clinical trial of medical cannibis (MC). Within the women’s stories, quoted here, the authors found that MC—the drug, the idea, the trial— “is used as a tool to push against chaos, decenter illness, and support connection to different aspects of their lives.”
Beyond Pathology: (Re)conceptualizing Distress in Chronic Pain Care
The “vignette case study” first presented here is based on a compilation of the author’s experiences treating patients with chronic pain. Crucial questions are then addressed. How big a part does stress play? What effect does culture have? The author dives deep into the multiple dimensions of the individual experience of pain. The article details why bringing humanities into rehabilitation is of crucial importance for people dealing with chronic pain.
Doing Healthcare Research Differently: An Introduction to SocioHealthLab’s Special Video Series, Part 2
The SocioHealthLab “is a research collective of health and social science researchers, practitioners and students from Australia and around the world, striving for healthcare transformation through applied, justice-oriented, theory-driven, creative and collaborative socio-cultural research.” In this final video installment, authors share their creative works that range from a “poetic meditation navigating” life with aphasia to “healthcare related to sex and intimacy in the disability space.”
Doing Healthcare Research Differently: An Introduction to SocioHealthLab’s Special Video Series, Part 1
In this first of two installments within SocioHealthLab’s special video series with JHR, the authors “begin doing health research dissemination differently” by telling their “story/stories” through animation, music, sound, and discourse. The videos shared here range from heart-rending personal patient experiences of pain and fear, to a humorous ‘what-if’ look at rehabilitation processes with the use of cartoon animals. Viewers are invited to relax and share these brief accounts in a “quiet space.”