{"product_id":"poetry-in-the-clinic-9781032195940","title":"Poetry in the Clinic","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores previously unexamined overlaps between the poetic imagination and the medical mind. It shows how appreciation of poetry can help us to engage with medicine in more intense ways based on âde-familiarisingâ old habits and bringing poetic forms of âclose readingâ to the clinic. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBleakley and Neilson carry out an extensive critical examination of the well-established practices of narrative medicine to show that non-narrative, lyrical poetry does different kind of work, previously unexamined, such as place eclipsing time. They articulate a groundbreaking âlyrical medicineâ that promotes aesthetic, ethical and political practices as well as noting the often-concealed metaphor cache of biomedicine. Demonstrating that ambiguity is a key resource in both poetry and medicine, the authors anatomise poetic and medical practices as forms of extended and situated cognition, grounded in close readings of singular contexts. They illustrate structural correspondences between\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018892116311,"sku":"9781032195940","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032195940.jpg?v=1750778548","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/poetry-in-the-clinic-9781032195940","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}