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OverviewThis collection of ten essays addresses the suffering of patients and how individuals as well as the larger society understand that suffering and try to ameliorate it. Four essays are personal reflections on illness, often interspersed with analyses of literary texts and including original poetry and creative prose. These pieces reveal how suffering is intensely private, how it happens interstitially, between medical appointments, procedures, and treatments. The essays reveal how, for many people, the psychological fragmentation that typically accompanies serious disease is ultimately more threatening to one's overall well-being than the disease itself. The other six essays take a wider view of patienthood, examining it through the lens of history, politics, or culture. As a whole, this thoughtful volume attests to the rich intellectual and personal gains that result from an exploration of the condition of patienthood and what it means to become 'patient'. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Harold Schweizer , Kimberly Myers , Kimberly R. Myers , Kristin A. LindgrenPublisher: Bucknell University Press Imprint: Bucknell University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.30cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.10cm Weight: 0.263kg ISBN: 9781611483468ISBN 10: 1611483468 Pages: 203 Publication Date: 01 March 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationHarold Schweizer is John P. Crozer Professor of English Literature at Bucknell University. Kimberly R. Myers is associate professor in the Department of Humanities in the College of Medicine and in the Department of English at The Pennsylvania State University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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