One of the hardest parts being ill is not knowing when, or even if, you’ll be well again. As doctors we’re often asked about this, but only sometimes can we provide a definitive answer. There are published estimates for some conditions, although quick look online shows that these vary widely, relatively defined problems such as broken bones. Patients have over-optimistic ideas (occasionally acq...

Developments in reproductive (e.g., assisted reproduction, surrogacy) and genetic technologies (commercial DNA ancestry testing) have opened new routes to mixedness that disrupt the relationship between multiracialism family. Discussions of racial mixedness, both academic lay, tend refer persons born parents different racialized ancestry. Multiracialism is also understood as an outcome extended...