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Joanne Hunt

Who is lobbying whom? Addendum: An eminent abuse of power

Trigger warning: suicide, medical neglect, abuse of power In October last year, I shared two blogposts exploring the academic (chiefly,...

Joanne Hunt

Media silence on the politics driving 'one of the biggest medical scandals of the 21st century'

Within the online chronic illness community, discussions episodically arise as to why the UK press and wider media continue to stay...

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Mo Stewart

A Culture Of Cruelty: A public health crisis created by Thatcher’s ‘dark legacy’

Note: This blogpost is written by Mo Stewart, Independent Disability Studies Researcher and the research lead for the Preventable Harm...

Joanne Hunt

Talking therapies in a market-based society: Psychology and neoliberalism (part one)

“[…] engagement with neoliberal systems results in characteristic tendencies—including a radical abstraction of self from social and...

Joanne Hunt

Talking therapies in a market-based society: Psychology and neoliberalism (part two)

The first part of this two-part blogpost series looked at what neoliberalism is and how this ideology manifests in healthcare and social...

Joanne Hunt

Summary: Structural dimensions of the biopsychosocial model

Following feedback, I have written a summary of the series of four blogposts looking at structural (essentially, socio-political)...

Joanne Hunt

Structural dimensions of the biopsychosocial model: Beginnings

"Wherever power is at work, we should be ready to ask who or what is controlling whom, and why". Miranda Fricker (2007). ‘Epistemic...

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Joanne Hunt

Structural dimensions of the biopsychosocial model (full series of blogposts)

This extended blogpost simply brings all of the posts in the 'Structural dimensions' series together, additionally referenced in academic...

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