Stories of sickness / Howard Brody.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brody, Howard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sick--Psychology.

Sick.

Self-esteem.

Diseases in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

To understand the human menaing of illness, we must turn to the stories we tell about illness, suffering, and medical care. This book explores the many dimensions of what illness means to the suffers and to those around them, drawing on depictions of illness in great works of literature as well as on non-fiction accounts. For this revised edition, Stories of Sickness has been extensively updated and expanded, especially with new material on narrative studies and on narrative ethics.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1. Storytelling in Medicine

Chapter 2. The Nature and Complexities of Narrative

Chapter 3. Dimensions of Sickness

Chapter 4. Sickness, Life Stories, and Self-Respect

Chapter 5. Types of Stories about Sickness

Chapter 6. Sick Roles: Practices and Life Plans

Chapter 7. How Sickness Alters Experience

Chapter 8. Sickness and Social Relations

Chapter 9. Stories of Life with Disability

Chapter 10. Maladaptive Ways of Being Sick

Chapter 11. What Is Narrative Ethics?

Chapter 12. How Does One Do Narrative Ethics?

Chapter 13. Rigor in Narrative Judgments

Chapter 14. Ethics and the Life-Span Narrative

Chapter 15. Conclusion: The Patient-Health Professional Relationship as a Narrative

References

Index

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-028803-5

1-280-83758-6

9786610837588

0-19-975979-0

OCLC:

607554940