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To Know Where Health Care is Going, You Have to Know Where It Has Been
November brings the opening of enrollment for 2017 health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), as well as new questions about the sustainability of the health insurance marketplace created by ACA. The market in many areas of the country is...
Linking Medicine, Narrative and French
Earlier this year, the journal L’Esprit Créateur published a special issue on the links between medicine and narrative, arguing that patients’ stories have a valuable role to play in patient-centered healthcare. Guest edited by Steven Wilson, the issue looked...
Doubt and Certainty in the Age of Enlightenment
Have you ever wondered how we know what we know about the world around us? Does our perception of reality correspond to something outside of our mind, or maybe everything we see around us is merely an illusion? Have you every questioned your own existence or...
Reading the Market in the Age of the Flash Crash
On 6 October 2016 the British pound fell 6 per cent in the space of just a few minutes of electronic trading. Just as quickly, sterling regained most of its value, but the scare caused the new Chancellor of the Exchequer to warn that the road to Brexit might...
The Distractions and Implications of Biomedical Promise
Gene therapy has been on the horizon as the next great medical breakthrough in curing disease for half a century now. Every time a new genetic mapping or engineering approach is developed, the promise of gene therapy seems to finally be within reach. This was...
Meet Students Where They Are: Behavioral Insights to Increase College Completion
Across the country, millions of students have returned to college campuses to continue their postsecondary education. Students have moved back into dorms, reacquainted with friends, started another semester of courses. As someone who has worked with students...
Behind the Book: Q&A with Wendy Gamber
JHUP goes Behind the Book with Wendy Gamber, author of fascinating new book The Notorious Mrs. Clem: Murder and Money in the Gilded Age. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I’m a nosy person. Several years ago I thought it might be fun to research...
I have seen future—but don't know if it works
In August 2016 Ford Motor Company president Mark Fields announced that his company would have autonomous cars, with no steering wheels or pedals, available for ride-sharing services by 2021. “We believe in our plan that taking the driver out of the loop is...
The unexpected gift of Zika
In no way do I want to minimize the serious complications of Zika. However, the media buzz surrounding Zika offers an unexpected gift- effective STI (sexually transmitted infection) education. What is Zika doing that AIDS did not? Zika normalizes TALKING about...
September Media Roundup
What a month it has been. The heat of summer may be on its way out, but our authors are on fire. Here’s a look at the September media highlights: The Sting of the Wild (HC: 9781421419282; $24.95) author Justin Schmidt was a guest on Jimmy Kimmel LIVE...