Health and Social Care

In this episode of the Transforming Society podcast, Rebecca Megson-Smith speaks to Arve Hansen, Ulrikke Wethal, Sophia Efstathiou and Johannes Volden about the pressing need for us to reconsider our relationship with meat, particularly in light of its significant impact on climate change.…Read more

To celebrate the week and the dedicated efforts of scholarly communities to promote equitable knowledge sharing, Bristol University Press has curated a compelling collection of OA books and journal articles from our Global Social Challenges publishing program.…Read more

Tina Sikka, editor of 'Genetic Science and New Digital Technologies', discusses the effect that health technology such as full-body MRI scans is having on our understanding of what constitutes good health. …Read more

The authors of a recent Policy & Politics article examine the politics of the pandemic and suggest that making policy decisions based only on scientific evidence is impossible, as ‘the science’ is always contested and, therefore, represents an abdication of responsibility by politicians. …Read more

Brian Gac, Hanna D. Yakubi and Dorie E. Apollonio examine opioid overdoses in the US which have led to over one million deaths and highlight how the pharmaceutical industry often overstates the benefits while understating the risks.…Read more

Ceryl Teleri Davies, author of 'Understanding Abuse in Young People’s Intimate Relationships', welcomes the shift in focus to the harmful impact of gendered social norms on the prevalence of abusive behaviour. …Read more

Donna Baines, author of an article in Work in the Global Economy, looks at the victories won by the Hospital Employees’ Union in Canada for its members during the COVID-19 pandemic. …Read more

Ellen Stewart, author of 'How Britain Loves the NHS', traces the roots of the love shown by the British public towards the NHS during the COVID-19 pandemic. …Read more

The authors of ‘The NHS at 75’ discuss how much we should be celebrating this anniversary year as the crisis that has characterised much of its history becomes a permacrisis.…Read more

Andy Alaszewski, author of 'Managing Risk during the COVID-19 Pandemic', considers the multiple reasons for the conspiracy theories that flourished in parallel with the scientific response to COVID-19.…Read more