In this Essay, Mark Edwards argues that the plight of people with functional neurological
disorder within healthcare highlights a general problem with a broken paradigm of modern …

Biomedical advances are transforming the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Patienthood
is also transforming, as patients actively participate in research, innovation and regulation of …

Technology development is gathering pace in epilepsy with seizure detection devices
promising to transform self‐care and service provision. However, such accounts often …

Background Technology support and person-centred care are the new mantra for healthcare
programmes in Western societies. While few argue with the overarching philosophy of …

Objective Paramedicine has evolved in ways that may outpace the science informing these
changes. Examining the scholarly pursuits of paramedicine may provide insights into the …

Empowerment is a relatively recent notion. It has been used for just over 100 years, applied
(initially in North America) with regard to women's rights, then to civil rights, and eventually …

The emergence of the field of health care at a distance, or “telehealth,” has been embedded
within discourses of high ambition about health improvement, seamless services …

Introduction The world's population is ageing. As older persons live longer and increase in
number, society faces a greater disease burden and, in public welfare, a corresponding …

Apart from the scientific unknowns and technological barriers that complicate the
development of medical neuroimaging applications, various relevant actors might have …

Regenerative medicine (RM) is championed as a potential source of curative treatments for
a variety of illnesses, and as a generator of economic wealth and prosperity. Alongside this …