Being III - On Sickness, Care and Abandonment

A serious illness often changes the way others see us. Few, if any, relationships remain the same. The sick become more dependent on partners and family members, while more distant contacts become strained. The carers of the ill are also often isolated. This book focuses on our sense of self when ill and how infirmity plays out in our relationships with others.Neil Vickers and Derek Bolton offer an original perspective, drawing on neuroscience, psychology, psychoanalysis as well as memoirs of the ill or their carers to reveal how a sense of connectedness and group belonging can not only improve care but also make societies more resilient to illness. This is an essential book on the experience of major illness.

About the author

Neil Vickers is Professor of English Literature and the Health Humanities at King’s College London. He has had a career in epidemiology and has published widely on literature and medical subjects. He is the author of Coleridge and the Doctors (2004).Derek Bolton is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and Psychopathology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London. He is the author of several books including What Is Mental Disorder? (2008) and The Biopsychosocial Model of Health and Disease (with Grant Gillett, 2019).

Product details

• Authors: Derek Bolton, Bolton Derek, Neil Vickers, Vickers Neil
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2024
• EAN: 9781789149111
• ISBN: 978-1-78914-911-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 220 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Coping with illness & specific conditions, HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / General