1st Edition
Between Sickness and Health The Landscape of Illness and Wellness
By Christopher D. Ward
Copyright 2020
162 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
162 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
162 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Between Sickness and Health is about illness rather than disease, and recovery rather than cure. The book argues that illness is an experience, represented by the feeling that ‘I am not myself’. From the book’s phenomenological point of view, feelings of illness cannot be ‘unreal’ or ‘fake’, whatever their biological basis, nor need they be categorised as ‘physical’, ‘psychosomatic’ or... Read more
Preface
A note to patients, clients and families
PART I: Illness
1 Introduction
2 Images
3 Knowledges
4 Feelings
5 Appearances
6 Meanings
PART II: Recovery
7 Possibilities
8 Obstructions
9 Resources
10 Abilities
11 A Doctor’s Note
Biography
Christopher D. Ward is Emeritus Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Nottingham, UK. He is also a UKCP-accredited systemic psychotherapist. He edited Meanings of ME: Interpersonal and Social Dimensions of Chronic Fatigue, 2015.
