1st Edition
Medical Humanities, Sociology and the Suffering Self Surviving Health
By Wendy Lowe
Copyright 2021
332 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
332 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
332 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Following criticisms of the traditionally polarized view of understanding suffering through either medicine or social justice, Lowe makes a compelling argument for how the medical humanities can help to go beyond the traditional biographical and epistemic breaks to see into the nature and properties of suffering and what is at stake. Lowe demonstrates through analysis of major healthcare... Read more
1.Stitching Together Suffering 2.Patterns of suffering 3.Suffering as foundational to health professional education 4.Sorting the wood from the trees 5.The suffering self and burning woman 6.Pilgrimages – how can medical humanities think differently about suffering? 7.Diving Down Deep
Biography
Wendy Lowe is a Senior Lecturer in Medical Sociology and Medical Education at Queen Mary University of London, UK.
