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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... word that acquires many layered and complex significances . This word is " other . " The first time other appears in the book it possesses rather innocent meaning . This occurs in the opening pages of Joy's Diary . The " others " were ...
... word that acquires many layered and complex significances . This word is " other . " The first time other appears in the book it possesses rather innocent meaning . This occurs in the opening pages of Joy's Diary . The " others " were ...
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... word ' heteronomy ' to describe something that goes beyond the self - centered principle of autonomy , independence . Heteronomy is the other side of autonomy : it means to be claimed or dependent on something that comes from the ...
... word ' heteronomy ' to describe something that goes beyond the self - centered principle of autonomy , independence . Heteronomy is the other side of autonomy : it means to be claimed or dependent on something that comes from the ...
Pagina 3
... words . When she was in high school , Joy wrote her diary which begins this book . The family was not surprised when she chose to teach reading and language for her life's work . To prepare herself , she earned her Bachelor's degree in ...
... words . When she was in high school , Joy wrote her diary which begins this book . The family was not surprised when she chose to teach reading and language for her life's work . To prepare herself , she earned her Bachelor's degree in ...
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... word . Literary texts show the silence of illness through the voice of the individual , reverberating with the heart ... words of the themes as they are shown through the writing . Explanation would stop the question , " How ought we to ...
... word . Literary texts show the silence of illness through the voice of the individual , reverberating with the heart ... words of the themes as they are shown through the writing . Explanation would stop the question , " How ought we to ...
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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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Abraham Arthur artificial kidney machine asked became become began blood transfusions body bone biopsy bone doctor calcium Carol child Crystal death dialogue dialysis disease Doctor Rieux dying Emmanuel Levinas example experience of illness expression faith feel Florence Nightingale friends Gabriel Marcel Gadamer give grief heal heart of pity Heidegger hemodialysis hemoglobin Heraclitus hope hospital human Ivan Ilyitch Ivan's journey Joy's kidney failure kidney patients kidney unit Kierkegaard knew Levinas light live logos Marcel Martin Heidegger meaning Merleau-Ponty morning night Norman Cousins nurse Olson pain Pauline person Phenomenology plague poem possibility Press remember renal research question response self-pity shared silence skeletal survey smile speak suffering surgery thematic themes theorist Theorizing things told trans transplant treatment truth understand University of Alberta Victor Frankl vitamin vitamin D W. H. Auden walk words York