The individual interviewed for this illness narrative has given express permission for this narrative to be published on our course website publicly, with their full name attached. The individual understands that they can alter these permissions at any time.   … Read more

This past week brought with it a lot of changes, both in our English class as well as life as a student here at UNC.  We ended our Social Health Sciences unit which was our second unit of the year … Read more

Reference: Does Diabetes in the U.S come with a social stigma? (2016). [Digital image of pie charts displaying stigma rates.] Drug watch. Retrieved October 26, 2021 from https://www.drugwatch.com/featured/diabetes-stigma/. Presentation Script: Although Type 1 diabetes mellitus has been around for centuries, … Read more

    One in three individuals have some type of reduced vision disease by the age of sixty-five (Quillen 1999). In fact, it is so common that most people just expect they will lose their vision if they get old … Read more