Illness - The Cry of the Flesh

Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Havi Carel
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.11.2015
• EAN: 9781138134294
• ISBN: 978-1-138-13429-4
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: The Art of Living
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works