Faculty of Medicine and Health: Recent submissions
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Crippled Grace: Disability, Virtue Ethics, and the Good Life
Published 2018Crippled Grace combines disability studies, Christian theology, philosophy, and psychology to explore what constitutes happiness and how it is achieved. The virtue tradition construes happiness as whole-of-life flourishing ...Book -
Happiness and Mental Illness: Virtue ethics in Dialogue with Psychology
Published 2018This interdisciplinary article explores the intersection between the virtue ethics tradition and psychological therapies exploring the meaning of happiness for people living with a disabling mental illness. The logic of ...Open AccessArticle -
Disability and the Complexity of Choice in the Ethics of Abortion and Voluntary Euthanasia
Published 2018In the polarized debates about abortion and voluntary euthanasia, disability advocates, who normally align with left-wing social forces, have tended to side with conservative and religious voices in expressing concerns ...Open AccessArticle -
Crippling Christian Theology as I Power My Wheelchair Out the Door
Published 2020This article draws on the author’s experience of spinal cord injury to reflect on theological method and central elements of Christian theology. It uses disability theory to unmask the ablest ideology that too often frames ...Open AccessArticle -
Sexual and Reproductive Health of Rohingya Refugees In Bangladesh: A Systematic Review
Published 2025Introduction: The Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, a severely persecuted ethnic minority of Myanmar, face numerous challenges related to their sexual and reproductive health (SRH), including access to appropriate services. ...Open AccessArticle