Social studies of health, illness and disease : perspectives from the social sciences and humanities / / edited by Peter L. Twohig and Vera Kalitzkus.

• Superior document: At the interface/probing the boundaries ; v. 49
• Author: Making Sense of Health, Illness and Disease Conference
• TeilnehmendeR: Kalitzkus, Vera.; Twohig, Peter.; Making Sense of Health, Illness and Disease Conference (4th : 2005 : Mansfield College, (University of Oxford))
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: At the interface/probing the boundaries ; v. 49.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (253 p.)
• Notes: This book is the outcome of the fourth global conference on "Making sense of health, illness and disease" held at Mansfield College, Oxford in July 2005.

The studies of the human being in health and illness and how he can be cared for is concerned with more than the biological aspects and thus calls for a broader perspective. Social sciences and medical humanities give insight into the context and conditions of being ill, caring for the ill, and understanding disease in a respective socio-cultural frame. This book brings together scholars from various countries who are interested in deepening the interdisciplinary discourse on the subject. This book is the outcome of the 4th global conference on “Making Sense of: Health, Illness and Disease,” held at Mansfield College, Oxford, in July 2005. This volume will be of interest to students in the medical humanities, researchers as well as health care provider who wish to gain insight into the various perspectives through which we can understand health, illness and disease. It has been brought to our attention that in a chapter in this volume “Media Treatment of Organ Donation: A Case Study in Switzerland” By Peter J. Schulz direct reference and citation of the works of other scholars is often inconsistent and in some cases totally lacking. While we do not believe that it was the intention of the author of the article to misappropriate other persons’ material, we do admit that the chapter does not meet standards currently expected of an academic publication. We regret any misappropriation of another author's language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions in our publications and will remain vigilant to prevent this recurring in the future. We give notice that the chapter has been retracted and will not appear in any future editions of the book. Brill, February 2016

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Vera Kalitzkus and Peter L. Twohig -- Shifting Views of Self: Impact of Chronic Illness Diagnosis on Young Emerging Adult Women / Amy Rutstein-Riley -- Cancer and the Idea of the Self: Philosophy, Memoir, and Medical Trauma / Marlene Benjamin -- Desirability and Its Discontents: Young People’s Responses to Media Images of Health, Beauty and Physical Perfection / Joe Grixti -- Writing Size Zero: Figuring Anorexia in Contemporary World Literatures / Isabelle Meuret -- Devils, Serpents, Zebras: Metaphors of Illness in Contemporary Swedish Literature on Eating Disorders / Katarina Bernhardsson -- Writing Over the Illness: The Symbolic Representation of Albinism / Charlotte Baker -- Genetics, Disability and Symbolic Harm / Elisabeth Gedge -- Alcoholism: ‘Correction’ and the Changing Notions of ‘Recovery’ / Donavan Rocher -- Perceptions of Pain in Contemporary Zimbabwean Literature: Personal Public Narratives in Yvonne Vera’s The Stone Virgins / Zoë Norridge -- Metaphors of Injury: Women Make Sense of Pelvic Pain / Victoria M. Grace and Sara MacBride-Stewart -- Barriers to Talking About Chronic Pain: Insiders’ Views on Illness, Self and Responsibility / Stella Howden -- Standardising Semen: Online Personalities and the Negotiation of Health / Susan Rogers -- Media Treatment of Organ Donation: A Case Study in Switzerland / Peter J. Schulz.