The Grey Zone of Health and Illness
Culture, Disease, and Well-Being
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Film, History & Criticism, Performing Arts, Health & Well Being, Medical
| Author: | Alan Blum | ISBN: | 9781841503585 |
| Publisher: | Intellect Books Ltd | Publication: | September 1, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Intellect | Language: | English |
| Author: | Alan Blum |
| ISBN: | 9781841503585 |
| Publisher: | Intellect Books Ltd |
| Publication: | September 1, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Intellect |
| Language: | English |
With The Grey Zone of Health and Illness, Alan Blum offers a new perspective, outlining a highly nuanced theoretical approach to health, illness, suffering and disease and the ethical and aesthetic implications of medical practice. Drawing on a range of thinkers from Plato to Lacan, the book identifies the Grey Zone as the persistence and function of ambiguity in everyday life that requires a complete rethinking of health and sickness, self-governance and negligence. A heady, cutting-edge intervention in a critical area of society, The Grey Zone of Health and Illness will have wide ramifications in the academy and beyond.
With The Grey Zone of Health and Illness, Alan Blum offers a new perspective, outlining a highly nuanced theoretical approach to health, illness, suffering and disease and the ethical and aesthetic implications of medical practice. Drawing on a range of thinkers from Plato to Lacan, the book identifies the Grey Zone as the persistence and function of ambiguity in everyday life that requires a complete rethinking of health and sickness, self-governance and negligence. A heady, cutting-edge intervention in a critical area of society, The Grey Zone of Health and Illness will have wide ramifications in the academy and beyond.
