Medicine and Society Collection

This collection is aimed at a general audience and reflects the current cultural and social activities, trends and debates around medicine, health and the biomedical sciences today. Key topics in the collection include:

• biomedical and research ethics
• national and international science policy for medicine and biosciences
• medical humanities and sciart
• popular science writing
• science communication and public engagement.

The collection also contains a limited number of introductory scientific texts and journals in priority areas such as genetics, neuroscience, public and environmental health, and infectious diseases. There are currently around 20 000 books, reports and journals in the collection, as well as electronic journals and databases.

Introductory guides and video tutorials on some of the topics in the collection are available.