Lux Humana – Book of the Week 34 / 2011 : Illness – the Cry of the Flesh

Havi Carel : Illness : the Cry of Flesh , (2008)

Publisher’s description:

“What is illness? Is it a physiological dysfunction, a social label, or a way of experiencing the world? How do the physical, social and emotional worlds of a person change when they become ill? And can there be well-being within illness? In this remarkable and thought-provoking book, Havi Carel explores these questions by weaving together the personal story of her own serious illness with insights and reflections drawn from her work as a philosopher. Carel shows how the concepts and language used to describe illness today are inappropriate and misleading. Too often illness is viewed as a localised biological dysfunction while ignoring the actual experience of the ill person, their fears, their hopes, the way they interact with others and, ultimately, experience life. By focusing on the impact of illness on the ill person’s life and reflecting on the experience of illness as lived from within, Carel shows how illness is a life-changing process rather than a limited physiological problem. Carel’s fresh approach to illness raises some uncomfortable questions about how we all – whether healthcare professionals or not – view the ill and challenges us to become more thoughtful. “Illness” unravels the tension between the universality of illness and its intensely private, often lonely, nature. It offers a new way of looking at a matter that affects every one of us. For those who are ill, it offers insights on our ability to remain happy within the constraints of illness.”

Access in Helka-database:

https://helka.linneanet.fi/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?LANGUAGE=Finnish&DB=local&Search_Arg=978-1-84465-152-8%20&SL=None&Search_Code=020B&CNT=50&HIST=1&init=1

Articles:
Miten elää sairauden kanssa?
Marja-Liisa Honkasalo
Suomen Lääkärilehti , 11.10.2010
http://www.laakarilehti.fi/kommentti/index.html?opcode=show/news_id=9540/type=7

Emotion and Anecdote in Philosophical Argument : the Case of Havi Carel’s Illness
Mikel Burley
Metaphilosophy , vol. 42, nos. 1-2, p. 33-48
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9973.2010.01675.x/pdf

Illness: the Cry of the Flesh. (Book Review)
Sheena Hyland
The Philosophical Quarterly , vol. 60, no. 240, p. 668-670
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9213.2010.660_13.x/pdf

Illness: the Cry of the Flesh. (Book Review)
Diane E. Pitt
Metapsychology , Sept. 15th, 2009, vol. 13, no. 38
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=5133&cn=394

Havi Carel: Illness. (Book Review)
Christian Perring
Philosophy in review , 2010, vol. 30, no. 1 p. 14-15
http://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/pir/article/view/204/220

Illness: The Cry of the Flesh. (Book Review)
Mikel Burley
Journal of Philosophical Studies, vol. 17, no. 4, p. 627-632
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09672550903165779

Illness: The Cry of the Flesh. (Book Review)
Sally Borbasi
Australian Journal of Adult Learning , vol. 49, no. 2, (July 2009), p. 402-404
http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=690fb84b-88c5-4caa-a74a-5b64180d0b3f%40sessionmgr110&vid=2&hid=106

Articles written by Havi Carel:

Can I Be Ill and Happy?
Havi Carel
Philosophia , vol. 35, no. 2, p. 95-110
http://www.springerlink.com/content/6246685672j455g1/

Living with lymphangioleiomyomatosis
Havi Carel, Simon Johnson, Liz Gamble
BMJ  2010; 340: c848
http://www.bmj.com/content/340/bmj.c848.full

Phenomenology and its application in medicine
Havi Carel
Theor Med Bioeth , (2011), vol. 32, p. 33–46
http://www.springerlink.com/content/b2k01nq27w537l9l/fulltext.pdf

Introduction: culture-bound syndromes
Havi Carel, Rachel Cooper
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C , vol. 41, no. 4, Dec. 2010, p.
307-308
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136984861000066X

Lux  Humana

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Lux Humana – Book of the Week 46 / 2010 : When doctors become patients

Robert Klitzman: When doctors become patients, (2008)

Publisher description:

“For many doctors, their role as powerful healer precludes thoughts of ever getting sick themselves. When they do, it initiates a profound shift of awareness – not only in their sense of their selves, which is invariably bound up with the ‘invincible doctor’ role, but in the way that they view their patients and the doctor-patient relationship. While some books have been written from first-person perspectives on doctors who get sick, never has there been a systematic, integrated look at what the experience is like for doctors who get sick, and what it can teach us about our current health care system and more broadly, the experience of becoming ill. The psychiatrist Robert Klitzman here weaves together gripping first-person accounts of the experience of doctors who fall ill and see the other side of the coin, as a patient. The accounts reveal how dramatic this transformation can be – a spiritual journey for some, a radical change of identity for others, and for some a new way of looking at the risks and benefits of treatment options. For most however it forever changes the way they treat their own patients.These questions are important not just on a human interest level, but for what they teach us about medicine today. While medical technology advances, the health care system itself has become more complex and frustrating, and physician-patient trust is at an all-time low. The experiences offered here are unique resource that point the way to a more humane future.”

Access in Helka-database:

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Book Reviews:

Ira B. Wilson

Journal of Clinical Investigation, vol. 118, no. 5, s. 1588

http://www.jci.org/articles/view/35627

Janet R. Gilsdorf

NEJM, 358 (12), s. 1309-10

http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMbkrev59469

Peter Lewis

Family Medicine, October 2009, vol. 41, no. 9,  s. 670-671

http://www.stfm.org/fmhub/fm2009/October/Peter670.pdf

Caitlin E. Slodden

Sociology of Health & Illness, vol. 31, no. 5, s. 780-781

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9566.2009.01180_2.x/full

Straddling Kingdoms

Charles R. Meyer

Minnesota Medicine, April 2009

http://www.minnesotamedicine.com/CurrentIssue/BookReviewApril2009/tabid/2933/Default.aspx

Tara Parker-Pope

The New York Times, February 8, 2008

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/08/when-doctors-become-patients/

Articles by Robert Klitzman:

“Patient-time”, “doctor-time”, and “institution-time”: Perceptions and definitions of time among doctors who become patients

Patient Education & Counseling. 66(2):147-55, 2007 May

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TBC-4MFCW0M-3&_user=949111&_coverDate=05%2F31%2F2007&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_origin=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_acct=C000049116&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=949111&md5=fce9c81f469c6366d49c9ac75b4cb68b&searchtype=a

“Post-residency disease” and the medical self: identity, work, and health care among doctors who become patients

Perspectives in Biology & Medicine. 49(4):542-52, 2006

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/perspectives_in_biology_and_medicine/toc/pbm49.4.html

Views and approaches toward risks and benefits among doctors who become patients

Patient Education & Counseling. 64(1-3):61-8, 2006 Dec

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TBC-4J32JDT-3&_user=949111&_coverDate=12%2F31%2F2006&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_origin=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_acct=C000049116&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=949111&md5=df88065218268d50b60646c89b13fc12&searchtype=a

Improving education on doctor-patient realtionships and communication: lessons from doctors who become patients

Academic Medicine. 81(5):447-53, 2006 May

http://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2006&issue=05000&article=00008&type=abstract

Challenges and changes in spirituality among doctors who become patients

Social Science & Medicine. 61(11):2396-406, 2005 Dec

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VBF-4GBD6WW-2&_user=949111&_coverDate=12%2F31%2F2005&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_origin=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_acct=C000049116&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=949111&md5=8469c548fb461dfc9f856e5d3808792d&searchtype=a

Lux Humana on lääketieteen opiskelijoille  ja terveydenhuollon  ammattilaisille suunnattu humanistinen kirjakokoelma Terkossa. Siellä voit tavata ylioppilas Raskolnikovin, Sinuhe egyptiläisen ja Nalle Puhin ; voit tutustua Tsehovin, Kafkan tai Kierkegaardin maailmoihin ; voit perehtyä lääketieteen  filosofiaan, sosiologiaan tai historiaan. Lähes 3000 kokoelmaan tarkoin valittua teosta odottaa sinua, joka haluat avartaa näkemystäsi ihmiselon eri puolista.

Tervetuloa tutustumaan kokoelmaamme virtuaalisesti http://www.helsinki.fi/kirjasto/terkko/lux/
tai paikan päällä Terkossa (Haartmaninkatu 4).

*****

©Koonnut: Lassi Pohjanpää, Helsingin yliopiston kirjasto, Meilahden kampuskirjasto Terkko