Contemporary censors at work: targeting medical science to shape social reality
Censoring language in medical science enforces ideological conformity and political repression of marginalised groups through self-censorship. This editorial urges the scientific community to resist language control as a grave threat - not only to research freedom, but ultimately to human diversity and life itself.
Authors
- Astrid Chevance (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0852-4322)
Institutions
- Hotel Dieu Hospital (CA)
- Center for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Published
- 2025-10-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2025.10459
- Primary Topic
- Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00