Bodies of truth : personal narratives on illness, disability, and medicine
Clinical medicine Sick Disease Narration Personal Narrative e-böcker
University of Nebraska Press
2019
EISBN 9781496212658
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Foreword by Jacek L. Mostwin; Preface; Two Hearts; Spared; A Measure of Acceptance; One Little Mind, Our Lie, Dr. Lie; Locked into Life; Rendered Mute; Jamie's Place; A Day in the Grammar of Disease; Marked; 750 Words about Cancer; The Power of a Handshake; Submerged; Where Do You Go from Alston Street?; Confession; This Moment; Sit Still and Uncover Your Eyes; Overtones; The Way of the Spring; Type One; The Bad Patient; A Tribute to the Pharmacist; Flying into Jerusalem; Reluctant Reliance; An Interview with My Mom; Days of the Giants
""Medicine still contains an oral tradition, passed down in stories: the stories patients tell us, the ones we tell them, and the ones we tell ourselves," writes contributor Madaline Harrison. Bodies of Truth continues this tradition through a variety of narrative approaches by writers representing all facets of health care. And, since all of us have been or will be touched by illness or disability--our own or that of a loved one--at some point in our lives, any reader of this anthology can relate to the challenges, frustrations, and pain--both physical and emotional--that the contributors have experienced.
Bodies of Truth offers perspectives on a wide array of issues, from food allergies, cancer, and neurology to mental health, autoimmune disorders, and therapeutic music. These experiences are_recounted by patients, nurses, doctors, parents, children, caregivers, and others who attempt to articulate the intangible human and emotional factors that surround life when it intersects with the medical field"--Provided by publisher.
""Medicine still contains an oral tradition, passed down in stories: the stories patients tell us, the ones we tell them, and the ones we tell ourselves," writes contributor Madaline Harrison. Bodies of Truth continues this tradition through a variety of narrative approaches by writers representing all facets of health care. And, since all of us have been or will be touched by illness or disability--our own or that of a loved one--at some point in our lives, any reader of this anthology can relate to the challenges, frustrations, and pain--both physical and emotional--that the contributors have experienced.
Bodies of Truth offers perspectives on a wide array of issues, from food allergies, cancer, and neurology to mental health, autoimmune disorders, and therapeutic music. These experiences are_recounted by patients, nurses, doctors, parents, children, caregivers, and others who attempt to articulate the intangible human and emotional factors that surround life when it intersects with the medical field"--Provided by publisher.
