Emeline Fuller, a Kansas artist who channeled her angst over medical debt into her work, has become an advocate for medical debt reform. Fuller is pictured here with her painting,"East of the Sun, ...

The distress that Will Bynum later recognized as shame settled over him nearly immediately. Bynum, then in his second year of residency training as a family medicine physician, was wrapping up a long ...

Healthcare workers are primed to feel inadequate about their mistakes, their own mental or physical illness or their lack of ability to heal some patients, according to a perspective essay published ...

Shame can lead people to avoid getting treatment for dental issues, potentially worsening oral health inequalities, a new study warns. A better understanding of dental shame could encourage more ...

Shame has a way of making us feel alone — like we’re the only ones in the world struggling with something. It can make us withdraw or feel depressed, out of control, and helpless. In the worst cases, ...

Obesity is increasingly referred to as a chronic disease. This is also how it is defined in the recommendations of scientific societies. In practice, however, many women who decide to undergo ...

Hospital officials in Maine have issued an apology after employees reportedly made a so-called wall of shame showing confidential medical records of disabled patients. Mykala McCann saw the wall of ...

Feelings of guilt and shame can lead us to behave in a variety of different ways, including trying to make amends or save face, cooperating more with others or avoiding people altogether. Now, ...

Lupita Nyong’o spent years questioning what she did wrong. When doctors told her she had fibroids eleven years ago, the actress didn’t feel relief at finally having answers. Instead, she felt shame.