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The Distressed Body. Rethinking Illness, Imprisonment, and Healing.
Drew Leder
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Description for The Distressed Body. Rethinking Illness, Imprisonment, and Healing.
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HP; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Bodily pain and distress come in many forms. They can well up from within at times of serious illness, but the body can also be subjected to harsh treatment from outside. The medical system is often cold and depersonalized, and much worse are conditions experienced by prisoners in our age of mass incarceration, and by animals trapped in our factory farms. In this pioneering book, Drew Leder offers bold new ways to rethink how we create and treat distress, clearing the way for more humane social practices. Leder draws on literary examples, clinical and philosophical sources, his medical training, and ... Read more
Bodily pain and distress come in many forms. They can well up from within at times of serious illness, but the body can also be subjected to harsh treatment from outside. The medical system is often cold and depersonalized, and much worse are conditions experienced by prisoners in our age of mass incarceration, and by animals trapped in our factory farms. In this pioneering book, Drew Leder offers bold new ways to rethink how we create and treat distress, clearing the way for more humane social practices. Leder draws on literary examples, clinical and philosophical sources, his medical training, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
386g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226396101
SKU
V9780226396101
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Ref
99-50
About Drew Leder
Drew Leder is an MD and professor of Western and Eastern philosophy at Loyola University Maryland. He is the author or editor of many books, including The Body in Medical Thought and Practice and The Absent Body, the latter published by the University of Chicago Press.
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