Disability is a profoundly relational category, shaped by social conditions that exclude full
participation in society. What counts as an impairment in different sociocultural settings is …

As an analytic and an object of study, disability provides a powerful lens to refocus and
potentially transform thinking about new and enduring concerns shaping contemporary …

Chronic conditions and their resultant difficulties in daily living frequently occur with other
health problems, sometimes due to interactions or complications at a biological level, or as a …

Anthropology has been involved with the field of organ transplantation almost since its
inception. As a rapidly growing subfield within biomedicine, transplantation has been …

Of heart transplant recipients, 30 per cent report ongoing or episodic emotional issues post-
transplant, which are not attributable to medications or pathophysiological changes. To this …

This article represents a phenomenological study on how women endow meaning to their
scarred bodies after breast cancer treatment. Data collection consisted of multiple interviews …

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer in the United States. For some
CRC patients, cancer treatment involves creating a permanent or temporary intestinal …

Living with extreme weight in the United States is associated with discrimination and self‐
stigma, creating structural exclusions, embodied stress, and undermining health and …

Uses literature to understand and remake our ethics regarding nonhuman animals, old
human beings, disabled human beings, and cloned posthumans Literary Bioethics argues …

Recent discourses within breast cancer and gendered studies literature suggest some
women are challenging postmastectomy bodies as abject bodies. Tattooing is an emerging …