Medical Humanities

is an international journal from BMJ and IME publishing studies on the history of medicine, cultures of medicine, disability, gender, bioethics & medical education

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Medical Humanities is a Plan S compliant Transformative Journal.

Medical Humanities is led by Dr Brandy Schillace, the journal publishes scholarly and critical articles on a broad range of topics. These include history of medicine, cultures of medicine, disability studies, gender and the body, communities in crisis, bioethics, and public health.

Medical Humanities is an official journal of the Institute of Medical Ethics.

Editor-in-Chief: Dr Brandy Schillace, Cleveland, Ohio USA
Editorial team

From January 2023, Medical Humanities will publish solely online. Find out more

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EiC Vacancy: BMJ is looking for an ambitious and dynamic Editor-in-Chief to lead Medical Humanities, the leading international journal in its field, co-owned by the Institute of Medical Ethics and BMJ Group. For more information on how to apply please see here.

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Authors

Medical Humanities accepts submissions of a wide range of article types, including Original Reports, Review Essays and Current Controversies.

The Author Information section provides specific article requirements to help you turn your research into an article suitable for MH.

Information is also provided on editorial policies and open access.

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Latest Articles

Editorial:

Making Modern Maternity

14 August 2024

Original research:

The reckoning table, the periodoscope and the shaping of modern pregnancy in nineteenth-century print forms

14 August 2024

Original research:

Motherhood, wet-nursing and nation: nineteenth-century Brazilian medical perspectives

14 August 2024

Original research:

"The highest in each class was a twilight baby": scientific motherhood, twilight sleep and the eugenics movement in McClures Magazine

14 August 2024

Original research:

Federal field nurses and Indigenous births

14 August 2024

Featured Video

Building Diversity at Medical Humanities

12 January 2022

We’ve spent the last four years working toward social justice, accessibility, global outreach, and inclusivity. But those in under-funded areas, in vulnerable communities, and in the Global South still struggle to be represented in our journals. We at Medical Humanities want to create a path to publication through the utility of Special Issues, find out more by reading our blogpost.

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