Illness - The Cry of the Flesh

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? This title explores these questions by weaving together the personal story of author's own serious illness.

List of contents

Introduction 1. The body in illness 2. The social world 3. Illness as dis-ability and health within illness 4. Fearing death 5. Living in the present

About the author

HAVI CAREL is Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Bristol. She is co-editor of 'Health, Illness and Disease' (Acumen, 2012), amongst other works. She continues to live with the rare and potentially fatal lung disease, Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM).

Summary

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? This title explores these questions by weaving together the personal story of author's own serious illness.

Product details

• Authors: Havi Carel
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.10.2013
• EAN: 9781844657537
• ISBN: 978-1-84465-753-7
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: The Art of Living
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works