The Life of Illness: One Woman's JourneyState University of New York Press, 8 dec. 1992 - 203 pagini The Life of Illness tells the story of one woman's courageous struggle with kidney failure, illness, and death. It is, however, a book about life, hope, faith, and the transformative power of caring for one another. Carol Olson writes "from the heart of experience," having shared a life of illness with two brothers and three sisters, whom she now survives. Her own life has been precariously maintained by kidney dialysis for more than twenty years. Inspired by the works of philosophers, literary authors, and poets, Olson turns to hermeneutical phenomenology to explore the meaning of the experience of illness. In response to the question, "How can we live with illness?" the author engages in reflective conversations. As patient, she dialogues with literary works of art dealing with illness, developing relationships between texts and others who experience illness from various points of view: the chaplain, the doctor, the nurse, and the parent. Olson makes us aware of the significance of others in their various caring relations with the person of illness. The clarity and deeply compelling nature of her writing makes this book accessible to all whose lives have been touched by these experiences. The experience of illness and death we all face impels us to wonder with her about the nature of wholeness and health. Ultimately we ask: "What is life?" |
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Pagina ix
... Live as though it were our Dying Day / 123 - - To Live is to Give / 123 The Body , After All , is not the Source or the Limit of Our Being / 124 Hope is Stronger than Death / 124 Hope is the acceptance of blessings not yet received ...
... Live as though it were our Dying Day / 123 - - To Live is to Give / 123 The Body , After All , is not the Source or the Limit of Our Being / 124 Hope is Stronger than Death / 124 Hope is the acceptance of blessings not yet received ...
Pagina xii
... live , just as an existence devoid of mental problems degenerates into complete insignificance . Probably there is no better guarantee for a really unhealthy life than perfect health . We do not need to read Carol's book The Life of ...
... live , just as an existence devoid of mental problems degenerates into complete insignificance . Probably there is no better guarantee for a really unhealthy life than perfect health . We do not need to read Carol's book The Life of ...
Pagina xiii
... live my life ; this is my world in which I live . I am at home in my world . " I live here " means I exist here and I belong here . When I speak or interact with others , I am constantly the subject of my discourse and my actions : I ...
... live my life ; this is my world in which I live . I am at home in my world . " I live here " means I exist here and I belong here . When I speak or interact with others , I am constantly the subject of my discourse and my actions : I ...
Pagina xiv
... live beside me . There are others whom I encounter in the world . The question is : How do the others appear to me ? Are they there simply for me , as parts of my larger world ? Are the others only important for me in so far that they ...
... live beside me . There are others whom I encounter in the world . The question is : How do the others appear to me ? Are they there simply for me , as parts of my larger world ? Are the others only important for me in so far that they ...
Pagina xvii
... and hospital workers , blood donors and the Canadian Red Cross , Medicare , and dialysis researchers , who have helped me live to write this book . To Hector F. De Luca , Steenbock Research Professor and xvii Acknowledgments /
... and hospital workers , blood donors and the Canadian Red Cross , Medicare , and dialysis researchers , who have helped me live to write this book . To Hector F. De Luca , Steenbock Research Professor and xvii Acknowledgments /
Cuprins
Epigraph for Joy | 7 |
Heartbeat Wrapped With Plastic | 23 |
M | 73 |
Searches for the Other | 93 |
One with the Other | 111 |
One by the Other | 143 |
One without the Other | 153 |
The Homecoming | 167 |
Notes | 179 |
Bibliography | 193 |
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