Medical humanities in theory and practice / edited by Andrzej Kapusta and Michal Lytovka.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kapusta, Andrzej, editor.

Lytovka, Michal, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical care.

Medical humanities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (118 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

This volume explores the social, historical and cultural dimensions of medicine, and promotes a multifaceted approach towards health, illness, healthcare and body. The articles gathered here focus on various issues relevant to medical knowledge, public health policies, and the experiences of being ill and of caring for those who are ill. The questions and theories discussed by the authors, concerning methodological, ethical and philosophical aspects of medical knowledge, will serve to open up new vistas of study for the reader.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction

Normality, Ideology, and Inquiry into Human Life in the Thought of Georges Canguilhem

Medical Knowledge

Pirogov vs. Galen

"Come home, doc!"

Philosophy of Self and its Impact on Modern Psychiatry

The Dignity of the Patient and Defensive Medicine

The Human Search for Meaning in P. G. Hensler and J. Wakatsuki Houston's Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 18, 2017).

ISBN:

1-4438-7379-9

OCLC:

991595920