Medical and non-medical experts increasingly argue that individuals, whether they are
diagnosed with a specific chronic disease or condition or not (and whether they are judged …

This paper builds on a burgeoning body of work suggesting that contemporary work politics
are increasingly based on an ideology of 'just be yourself', where employees are invited to …

Philosophers working in bioethics often hope to identify abstract principles and universal
values to guide professional practice, relying on ideals of objectivity and impartiality, and on …

For over a hundred years, millions of Americans have joined together to fight a common
enemy by campaigning against diseases. In Common Enemies, Rachel Kahn Best asks why …

Interviews with women, including those who exercise, suggest that even those who are not
regarded as “fat” experience the stigma of feeling fat, the fear of becoming fat, and the …

Sugar is increasingly supplanting fat as public enemy number one in public health
campaigns, and calls for significant reductions in consumption have provided fertile ground …

Medical expertise and authority often serve as foundations upon which patients' uptake of
medical advice is built, and possibilities for health-focused behavioral changes in the …

Theoretically informed and empirically grounded, Rethinking Obesity invites readers to
reconsider the medical and public health framing of population weight (gain) as a massive …

In this article, we explore the relationship between asthma and stigma, drawing on 31
interviews with young people (aged 5–17) in Ireland. Participants with mild to moderate …

Increasingly, there is a temporal differentiation among kinds of treatments available through
medicine. Cures offer one-time resolution of symptoms; that is, with the benefit of a cure …