Objectivity is a valued principle in western allopathic medicine, and for good reason: it has been very effective in saving lives and improving quality of life since the nineteenth century. In recent years, however, there have been many visible accounts in social and mass media …
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In early modern Europe, love was not a feeling, but a physiological change in the body. In its extreme, love was lovesickness, a deadly disease. Love makes the patient a desiring subject who seeks to author his own experience. The disease raises the stakes: if he cannot fulfill …
The present thesis examines ideological and discursive constructions of physiological, neurological and psychological diseases in women writers' fiction in Turkish in relation to the nation-building project of Turkey in the twentieth century. While the Turkish nationbuilding pro…
The medical humanities have long been considered a valuable part of physician education. Yet, its standard inclusion in undergraduate medical education has been elusive. In the 1960's leaders in medical education began formal meetings with humanists to discuss concerns that medi…
Addiction is commonly understood as a biomedical problem. Most medical practitioners agree that addiction is a brain disease, rather than a moral failing or a statement about the addict’s character. This disease designation represents an important ethical move, directing more re…