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Routledge Communicating Pain - Medical Humanities Book

Name: Routledge Communicating Pain - Medical Humanities Book
Brand: Routledge
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Communicating Pain: Exploring Suffering through Language, Literature and Creative Writing offers a sensitive look into the lived experience of chronic pain. Part of the Routledge Advances in the Medical Humanities series, this volume uses a unique mix of critical research, memoir, essay, poetry, and creative biography to address the complexities of physical suffering. The book provides a personal response to the isolation and dismissal often felt by those living with intractable pain. It specifically examines the difficulty of using words to describe physical sensations and the resistance pain shows to verbal expression. By addressing the distinction between acute and chronic pain, this work helps readers understand the sense of exile experienced by many sufferers. Whether you are a researcher, healthcare practitioner, or someone interested in the medical humanities, this volume provides deep insight into how language and literature interact with the reality of long-term physical struggle. It is a profound study of the paradox of writing about personal pain and the challenges of being heard in a medical context.

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Combines multiple writing styles including memoir, poetry, and essay to provide a multi-dimensional view of chronic pain.

Explores the specific challenges of using language to describe physical suffering and the resistance pain offers to verbal expression.

Provides a personal perspective on the isolation and avoidance experienced after developing intractable pelvic pain.

Examines the important distinction between acute and chronic pain to improve understanding of long-term suffering.

Part of the respected Routledge Advances in the Medical Humanities series for academic and professional insight.

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Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1138611050
Category: Books > Subjects > Health, Family & Lifestyle > Medical & Healthcare Practitioners > General Medical Issues
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 01 November 2018
Listed Since: 25 July 2018

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