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Illness
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Author : Havi Carel
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-09-17
Illness written by Havi Carel and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-17 with Philosophy categories.
What is illness? Is it a physiological dysfunction, a social label, or a way of experiencing the world? How do the physical, social and emotional worlds of a person change when they become ill? And can there be well-being within illness? In this remarkable and thought-provoking book, Havi Carel explores these questions by weaving together the personal story of her own serious illness with insights and reflections drawn from her work as a philosopher. Carel's fresh approach to illness raises some uncomfortable questions about how we all - whether healthcare professionals or not - view the ill and challenges us to become more thoughtful. 'Illness' unravels the tension between the universality of illness and its intensely private, often lonely, nature. It offers a new way of looking at a matter that affects every one of us.
Worlds Of Illness
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Author : Alan Radley
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 1995
Worlds Of Illness written by Alan Radley and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Health & Fitness categories.
In recent years the study of illness as experienced by patients has emerged as an approach to understanding sickness. Descriptions of the everyday situations of people with particular diseases, provide a commentary upon the nature of symptoms and upon the relation of the body to society. This approach stresses the biographical and cultural contexts in which illness arises and is borne by individuals and those who care for them. It emphasises the need to understand illness in terms of the patients own interpretation, of its onset, the course of its progress and the potential of the treatment for the condition. Worlds of Illness examines people's experience of illness and their understanding of what it means to be healthy. The contributors are the first to offer this biographic and cultural approach in one volume, redefining the perspective further and drawing attention to its potential for questioning theoretical assumptions about health and illness.
The Meaning Of Illness
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Author : Mark and Herzlich Auge
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-07-04
The Meaning Of Illness written by Mark and Herzlich Auge and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-04 with Medical categories.
This book is based on collective research carried out during the 1980s. This edition appears ten years after the original publication in French. Since then we have experienced many changes. In the late decade, disciplines have changed, as have the societies being researched. The outbreak of AIDS in Africa and the industrial world is not the least of these major and influential changes. The reader today will be sensitive to these changes and this research maintains its value as an intellectual endeavour and a useful model.
The End Of Illness
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Author : David B. Agus
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2012-01-17
The End Of Illness written by David B. Agus and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-17 with Health & Fitness categories.
Challenges popular conceptions to outline new methods for promoting wellness and longevity, arguing that traditional medicine has not been successful in treating serious illness while urging readers to embrace a systemic understanding of the body that incorporates the use of revolutionary technologies.
The Sociology Of Health And Illness
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Author : Sarah Nettleton
language : en
Publisher: Polity
Release Date : 2006-07-04
The Sociology Of Health And Illness written by Sarah Nettleton and has been published by Polity this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-07-04 with Social Science categories.
This reader brings together recent writing on health, illness and health care in contemporary society. It emphasizes the empirical nature of medical sociology and its relationship with the development of sociological theory.
A History Of Present Illness
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Author : Anna DeForest
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2022-08-16
A History Of Present Illness written by Anna DeForest and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-16 with Fiction categories.
This “brutal and brave” (Booklist) novel transmutes the practice of medicine into a larger exploration of humanity, the meaning of care, and the nature of annihilation—physical, spiritual, or both. A young woman puts on a white coat for her first day as a student doctor. So begins this powerful debut, which follows our unnamed narrator through cadaver dissection, surgical rotation, difficult births, sudden deaths, and a budding relationship with a seminarian. In the troubled world of the hospital, where the language of blood tests and organ systems so often hides the heart of the matter, she works her way from one bed to another, from a man dying of substance use and tuberculosis, to a child in pain crisis, to a young woman, fading from confusion to aphasia to death. The long hours and heartrending work begin to blur the lines between her new life as a physician and the lifelong traumas she has fled. In brilliant, wry, and biting prose, A History of Present Illness is a boldly honest meditation on the body, the hope of healing in the face of total loss, and what it means to be alive. 2023 Rosenthal Family Foundation Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters • A Lit Hub Most Anticipated Book of 2022 • A Publishers Weekly “Writer to Watch” “A revelation.” –The New York Times
Illness In Context
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language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2010-01-01
Illness In Context written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-01 with History categories.
This book is a contribution to humanistic studies of illness. Medical humanities are by nature cross-disciplinary, and in recent years studies in this field have been recognized as a platform for dialogue between the “two cultures” of the natural sciences and the humanities. Illness in Context is a result of an encounter of several disciplines, including medicine, history and literature. The main stress is on the literary perspectives of the interdisciplinary collaboration. The reading practices highlighting the clinical, phenomenological and archeological approaches to illness take as their point of departure the living text, that is, the literary experience mediated and created by the text. Literature is seen not solely as a medium for the representation of experiences of illness, but also as a historical praxis involved in the forging of our common understanding of illness. In contrast to traditional literary analysis – primarily oriented toward the interpretation of the literary work’s meaning – the project will emphasize description and understanding of how literature itself performs as a means of interpretation of reality. The target group for this book comprises professionals in the various disciplines, and students of health and culture. The ambition is to contribute to teaching in humanistic illness research, and function as a topical resource book that formulates controversial problems in the crucial meeting of medicine and the humanities.
Imaging And Imagining Illness
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Author : Devan Stahl
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2018-01-22
Imaging And Imagining Illness written by Devan Stahl and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-22 with Health & Fitness categories.
Medical imaging technologies can help diagnose and monitor patients' diseases, but they do not capture the lived experience of illness. In this volume, Devan Stahl shares her story of being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis with the aid of magnetic resonance images (MRIs). Although clinically useful, Stahl did not want these images to be the primary way she or anyone else understood her disease or what it is like to live with MS. With the help of her printmaker sister, Darian Goldin Stahl, they were able to reframe these images into works of art. The result is an altogether different image of the ill body. Now, the Stahls open up their project to four additional scholars to help shed light on the meaning of illness and the impact medical imaging can have on our cultural imagination. Using their insights from the medical humanities, literature, visual culture, philosophy, and theology, the scholars in this volume advance the discourse of the ill body, adding interpretations and insights from their disciplinary fields.
Malady And Mortality
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Author : Helen Thomas
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2016-06-22
Malady And Mortality written by Helen Thomas and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-22 with Social Science categories.
This ground-breaking study examines visual and literary responses to, and representations of, illness, dying and death from the perspective of the chronically ill, their families and carers, medics, artists, photographers, authors, and academics. It encourages a re-examination of cultural taboos and visual and literary practices that engage with illness and death. Focusing upon a wide range of creative and critical engagements, this book makes a significant contribution to the medical humanities via its exploration of medical practice, literature and film, digital media studies, graphic design, and both contemporary and historical attitudes towards illness, death (including infant mortality), mourning and bereavement. For some, the experience of illness provokes feelings of exile, crisis or social critique, whilst for others it instigates utopian discourses predicated upon personal reflection, communication or connectivity, wherein the “self” is redefined beyond the parameters and constraints of the “body”.
Anatomy Of An Illness As Perceived By The Patient
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Author : Norman Cousins
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2005-07-12
Anatomy Of An Illness As Perceived By The Patient written by Norman Cousins and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-07-12 with Health & Fitness categories.
The story of a recovery from a crippling disease and the physician patient partnership that beat the odds by using the patient's own capabilities.