{"product_id":"illness-and-image-9781412854931","title":"Illness and Image","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe humanities in higher education are too often labeled as impractical and are not usually valued in today''s marketplace. Yet in professional fields, such as the health sciences, interest in what the humanities can offer has increased. Advocates claim the humanities offer health care professionals greater insight into how to work with those who need their help.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIllness and Image\u003c\/em\u003e introduces undergraduates and professionals to the medical humanities, using a series of case studies, beginning with debates about male circumcision from the ancient world to the present, to the meanings of authenticity in the face transplantation arena. The case studies address the interpretation of mental illness as a disability and the new category of mental illness, self-harm. Sander L. Gilman shows how medicine projects such categories'' existence into the historical past to show that they are not bound in time and space and, therefore, are real.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIllness and Image\u003c\/em\u003e provid\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Medical Humanities Today\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Case Studies:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Case One: Circumcision: Religion and Health\u003cbr\u003e Case Two: Face Transplants: Authentic Faces?\u003cbr\u003e Case Three: Posture and Health\u003cbr\u003e Case Four: Obesity across Cultures\u003cbr\u003e Case Five: Seeing Pain\u003cbr\u003e Case Six: Madness as a Disability\u003cbr\u003e Case Seven: Self-Harm and Mental Illness\u003cbr\u003e Case Eight: Genes and Race\u003cbr\u003e Case Nine: Death: The Final Case\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408050102615,"sku":"9781412854931","price":128.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/illness-and-image-9781412854931","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}