''Health Affairs'' is a monthly peer-reviewed

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established in 1981 by John K. Iglehart; since 2014, the

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. It was described by ''

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'' as "the bible of health policy".

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/Health Sciences and Behavioral Sciences, and SwetsWise Online Content.

Narrative Matters

''Narrative Matters'' is a personal-essay section. It was established in 1999 with

Fitzhugh Mullan Fitzhugh Mullan (July 22, 1942 – November 29, 2019) was an American physician, writer, educator, and social activist. He participated in the founding of the Student Health Organization, the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship, Seed ...

(

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) as its original editor. During its history, ''Narrative Matters'' has published over 160 policy narratives on a wide range of topics by well-known writers including

Julia Alvarez Julia Alvarez (born March 27, 1950) is an American New Formalist poet, novelist, and essayist. She rose to prominence with the novels ''How the García Girls Lost Their Accents'' (1991), '' In the Time of the Butterflies'' (1994), and ''Yo!'' ...

Alexander McCall Smith Alexander "Sandy" McCall Smith, CBE, FRSE (born 24 August 1948), is a British writer. He was raised in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and formerly Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. He became an expert on medical law an ...

, and

Abraham Verghese Abraham Verghese (born 1955) is an American physician, author, Professor for the Theory and Practice of Medicine at Stanford University Medical School and Senior Associate Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine. He is also the author of ...

, by distinguished medical professionals and academics, as well as by patients. In 2006, the Johns Hopkins University Press published a selection of essays from ''Narrative Matters'': "''Narrative Matters: The Power of the Personal Essay in Health Policy''" (eds. Fitzhugh Mullan, Ellen Ficklen, Kyna Rubin). Since its inception, ''Narrative Matters'' has been funded by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. The Kellogg Foundation also funded several conferences that brought together present and future contributors to ''Narrative Matters''.

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* {{Official, http://www.healthaffairs.org/ Health policy journals Publications established in 1981 English-language journals Bimonthly journals