Illness And Image

Author : Sander L. Gilman
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1412855381
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Illness and Image written by Sander L. Gilman and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 2014-09-08 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The humanities in higher education are too often labeled as impractical and are not usually valued in today’s marketplace. Yet in professional fields, such as the health sciences, interest in what the humanities can offer has increased. Advocates claim the humanities offer health care professionals greater insight into how to work with those who need their help. Illness and Image introduces undergraduates and professionals to the medical humanities, using a series of case studies, beginning with debates about male circumcision from the ancient world to the present, to the meanings of authenticity in the face transplantation arena. The case studies address the interpretation of mental illness as a disability and the “new” category of mental illness, “self-harm.” Sander L. Gilman shows how medicine projects such categories’ existence into the historical past to show that they are not bound in time and space and, therefore, are “real.” Illness and Image provides students and researchers with models and possible questions regarding categories often assumed to be either trans-historical or objective, making it useful as a textbook.

Author : Sander L. Gilman
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780231598
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Health and Illness written by Sander L. Gilman and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely study demonstrates how images of beauty and ugliness have constructed a visual history that records the artificial boundaries dividing "healthy" bodies from those that are "ill". "Gilman tells an excellent tale."—Jewish Chronicle

Author : Sander L. Gilman
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501745808
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Disease and Representation written by Sander L. Gilman and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2019-05-15 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sander L. Gilman, whose pioneering work on the history of stereotypes has become a model for scholars in many fields, here examines the images that society creates of disease and its victims.

Author : Sander L. Gilman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351295942
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Illness and Image written by Sander L. Gilman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The humanities in higher education are too often labeled as impractical and are not usually valued in today's marketplace. Yet in professional fields, such as the health sciences, interest in what the humanities can offer has increased. Advocates claim the humanities offer health care professionals greater insight into how to work with those who need their help. Illness and Image introduces undergraduates and professionals to the medical humanities, using a series of case studies, beginning with debates about male circumcision from the ancient world to the present, to the meanings of authenticity in the face transplantation arena. The case studies address the interpretation of mental illness as a disability and the "new" category of mental illness, "self-harm." Sander L. Gilman shows how medicine projects such categories' existence into the historical past to show that they are not bound in time and space and, therefore, are "real." Illness and Image provides students and researchers with models and possible questions regarding categories often assumed to be either trans-historical or objective, making it useful as a textbook.

Author : Donna R. Falvo
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN 13 : 9780763731663
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Medical and Psychosocial Aspects of Chronic Illness and Disability written by Donna R. Falvo and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2005 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive text that provides easy-to-understand explanations of medical aspects of common chronic illnesses and disabilities.

Author : Devan Stahl
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532640293
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Imaging and Imagining Illness written by Devan Stahl and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2018-01-22 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Pamala D. Larsen
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN 13 : 9780763751265
Total Pages : 658 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chronic Illness written by Pamala D. Larsen and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2009 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new edition of best-selling Chronic Illness: Impact and Intervention continues to focus on the various aspects of chronic illness that influence both patients and their families. Topics include the sociological, psychological, ethical, organizational, and financial factors, as well as individual and system outcomes. The Seventh Edition has been completely revised and updated and includes new chapters on Models of Care, Culture, Psychosocial Adjustment, Self-Care, Health Promotion, and Symptom Management. Key Features Include: * Chapter Introductions * Chapter Study Questions * Case Studies * Evidence-Based Practice Boxes * List of websites appropriate to each chapter * Individual and System Outcomes

Author : Ilene Morof Lubkin
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN 13 : 9780763735944
Total Pages : 1426 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chronic Illness written by Ilene Morof Lubkin and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2006 with total page 1426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best-selling Chronic Illness: Impact and Intervention continues to focus on the various aspects of chronic illness that influence both patients and their families. Topics include the sociological, psychological, ethical, organizational, and financial factors, as well as individual and system outcomes. the revised Sixth Edition includes new chapters on palliative care, complementary and alternative therapies, and self-efficacy, as well as added material on culturally competent care. Intended for nurses, social workers, and rehabilitation professionals, Chronic Illness demonstrates how the h

Author : David Serlin
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 0816648220
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Imagining Illness written by David Serlin and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzing the visual culture of public health from the nineteenth century to the present.

Author : David B. Agus
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451610173
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The End of Illness written by David B. Agus and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-01-17 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From one of the world's foremost physicians and researchers comes a monumental work that radically redefines conventional conceptions of health and illness to offer new methods for living a long, healthy life.