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Phenomenology of Illness Thisisatimely,importantandbeautifullywrittenbook.IfullyconcurwithHavi Carelwhenshesays,“Itisnotenoughtoseeillnessasanentity...thatcanbe studiedwiththetoolsofscience...italsohastobestudiedasalivedexperience.” Phenomenologycouldpotentiallyrevolutionalizehowweunderstandillnessand informkeyimprovementsinhowwediagnose,treat,andresearchit.Thisbook wouldmakeanexcellentadditiontothecoresyllabusforstudentsofmedicine, nursing, and other professions as well as those of the humanities and social sciences. TrishGreenhalgh,ProfessorofPrimaryCareHealthSciences, UniversityofOxford Inthishighlyoriginalandquitebrilliantbook,HaviCareldevelopsasophisti- catedphenomenologicalapproachtothestudyofillness,whichdoesjusticeto theprofundity,complexity,anddiversityofillnessexperiences.Thebookoffersa compellingandwide-rangingaccountofhowphilosophycancontributetoour understanding of illness and how the study of illness can enrich philosophy. Morethanthat,itopensupawholefieldforphilosophicalandinterdisciplinary research,providinguswithnewwaysofthinkingaboutandrespondingtoillness. Thisbookwillbeessentialreadingforanyoneseekingtobetterunderstandwhat itistobeill. MatthewRatcliffe,ProfessorforTheoreticalPhilosophy, UniversityofVienna The experience of illness is a rich and multifaceted topic that has not gained sufficient attention, neither in medicine nor in philosophy. In this book Havi Carel remedies this lack by exploring the phenomenology of embodiment, vulnerability,andmortality.Shedevelopsasystematicandcomprehensiveaccount of how to think about being ill that will be immensely helpful to healthcare professionals and patients. And she shows how illness may be viewed as an unwelcomeinvitationtophilosophizeaboutthebigtopicsoflifeandgrowwiser intheprocess. ProfessorFredrikSvenaeus,SödertörnUniversity HaviCarelisamongstthemostimportantvoicesdevelopingaphenomenologyof illness.HerworkhascompletelytransformedthewayIthinkaboutillnessand disease.PhenomenologyofIllnessisanimportantworkthatwillbecomeessential reading for philosophers of medicine, and will also be of great interest to healthcareprofessionalsandallthosetouchedbyillness. DrRachelCooper,SeniorLecturerinPhilosophy, UniversityofLancaster Phenomenology of Illness Havi Carel 1 3 GreatClarendonStreet,Oxford,OX26DP, UnitedKingdom OxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversityofOxford. ItfurtherstheUniversity’sobjectiveofexcellenceinresearch,scholarship, andeducationbypublishingworldwide.Oxfordisaregisteredtrademarkof OxfordUniversityPressintheUKandincertainothercountries ©HaviCarel2016 Themoralrightsoftheauthorhavebeenasserted FirstEditionpublishedin2016 Impression:1 Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedin aretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,withoutthe priorpermissioninwritingofOxfordUniversityPress,orasexpresslypermitted bylaw,bylicenceorundertermsagreedwiththeappropriatereprographics rightsorganization.Enquiriesconcerningreproductionoutsidethescopeofthe aboveshouldbesenttotheRightsDepartment,OxfordUniversityPress,atthe addressabove Youmustnotcirculatethisworkinanyotherform andyoumustimposethissameconditiononanyacquirer PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyOxfordUniversityPress 198MadisonAvenue,NewYork,NY10016,UnitedStatesofAmerica BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData Dataavailable LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2016938536 ISBN 978–0–19–966965–3 PrintedinGreatBritainby ClaysLtd,StIvesplc LinkstothirdpartywebsitesareprovidedbyOxfordingoodfaithand forinformationonly.Oxforddisclaimsanyresponsibilityforthematerials containedinanythirdpartywebsitereferencedinthiswork. To Solomon, my brave and beautiful boy To Joel, my funny valentine To Samir, again and always Contents Acknowledgements ix Introduction 1 1. WhyUsePhenomenologytoStudyIllness? 14 2. PhenomenologicalFeaturesoftheBody 40 3. TheBodyinIllness 65 4. BodilyDoubt 86 5. APhenomenologyofBreathlessness 106 6. IsWell-beingPossibleinIllness? 130 7. IllnessasBeing-towards-Death 150 8. EpistemicInjusticeinHealthcare 180 9. ThePhilosophicalRoleofIllness 204 Bibliography 229 Index 243 Acknowledgements Thisbookhasemergedfromadecadeofwriting,thinking,andspeaking about illness, as well as living with it. Countless conversations, texts, events,emails,andimageshavecontributedtothemakingofthisbook, and I am grateful to very many collaborators, interlocutors, friends, family,andcolleagues. I am grateful to the British Academy for awarding me a Mid-Career Fellowship in 2012–13, during which I wrote a first draft of this book. The Wellcome Trust awarded me a Senior Investigator award in 2014, andwiththegeneroushelpoftheTrustIcompletedworkonthebook. I thank Peter Momtchilhoff, commissioning editor for philosophy at OxfordUniversityPress,forhissupportandguidanceduringtheprep- aration of this book. Thanks also go to Eleanor Collins, Marilyn Inglis, SusanFrampton,andBanupriyaSivakaminathan,fortheirhelpwiththe production of the book. I am grateful to the two anonymous reviewers whomademanyhelpfulsuggestions. WorkonthebookstartedinearnestjustasIjoinedtheUniversityof Bristol.Iamgratefultomycolleaguesandcollaboratorshereforfruitful discussions of illness and philosophy, and for the many ways in which friendsandcolleaguesmakelifebetter.InparticularIthankJohnLeefor pleasurableworktogetherontheintercalatedBAinmedicalhumanities and for lovely French pastries. Joanna Burch-Brown suggested a useful restructuring of the book at an early stage. I thank Catherine Lamont- Robinson, an artist and arts and health practitioner and academic, and Louise Younie, a remarkable GP, for many shared conversations and joint work. I am grateful to Richard Pettigrew, the best colleague one could have, and to Giulia Terzian and Dagmar Wilhelm, for their friendshipandsupport,oftenintheformofchocolate. I am grateful to my previous colleagues at UWE, Bristol for their collegiality, friendship, and ideas. I thank Greg Tuck, who read draft chaptersandcommentedonthemingreatdetail.IthankDarianMeac- hamfor comments onthe book’smaterialandfor enjoyable work ona conferenceandeditedvolumeonphenomenologyandnaturalism,from which I learned a great deal. I also thank Michael Lewis for fruitful discussionsofHeidegger.
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