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How should communities be meaningfully engaged (if at all) when setting priorities for biomedical research? Perspectives from the biomedical research community
Borthwick, Evertsz, and Pratt find support for community engagement in biomedical research priority-setting, but no consensus on what ethical purpose it should serve or how it should be done.
Women's metaphors about BRCA gene testing and how they can inform health communication theory and practice
Martin, Scott, and Stone analyze interviews with 42 women who had undergone BRCA gene testing and identify eight categories of metaphors.
Science, society, and dismantling racism
Royal argues that “narrative change”, which involves advancing accurate and complete narratives about race and racism, is vital to dismantling the ideology and structures of racial hierarchy.