Suitable topics include caring for patients from different cultures, complementary and alternative medical practices, medicine and marginalized groups, history of medicine, medical ethics, the relationship between the arts and health, and the role of narrative in medicine. These articles, which appear in the Culture and Medicine section, are usually commissioned, but we welcome spontaneous submissions. The idea is for authors to critically evaluate a standard, widespread practice-to show that its use is based on myth, rather than based on evidence. These article are written by health care providers. They reflect and comment on any aspect of health care provision, often in a region outside of the Western states.
Contributions are particularly welcome from overseas authors.
We welcome striking black and white artwork that provides a commentary on health or medicine. It can be accompanied by a short caption. We welcome high quality poems, short stories, and narrative vignettes. These will be peer reviewed by our Medical Humanities section editor. Commentaries Commentaries are commissioned by our editorial team to accompany an originally submitted piece, or a piece that we have had the opportunity to bring over from 1 of the BMJ Publishing Group journals.