Medical Humanities, Sociology and the Suffering Self
Medical Humanities, Sociology and the Suffering Self Following criticisms of the traditionally polarized view of understanding suffering through either medicine or social justice, Lowe makes a…
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Medical Humanities, Sociology and the Suffering Self
Following criticisms of the traditionally polarized view of understanding suffering through either medicine or social justice, Lowe makes a compelling argument for how the medical humanities can help to go beyond the traditional biographical and epistemic breaks to see into the nature and properties of suffering and what is at stake. By including first person narratives from health professionals as a tool and resource, she illustrates how dominant ideas about the self enter practice as a refusal of suffering. Lowe demonstrates through analysis of major healthcare workforce issues and incidence of burnout how key policies and practices influence healthcare education and experiences of both patients and health professionals.
Demonstrating the relationship between personal experience, theory and research, Lowe argues for a pedagogy of suffering that shows how the moral anguish implicit
Medical Sociology
The Suffering
Siblings and Sociology