Article ; Online: Health within illness: The negativity of vulnerability revised.
Medicine, health care, and philosophy
2022 Volume 25, Issue 2, Page(s) 207–217
Abstract: This paper attempts to philosophically articulate empirical evidence on the positive effects of illness within the wider context of a discussion of the positive aspects of vulnerability. The conventional understanding holds that to be vulnerable is to be ...
Abstract | This paper attempts to philosophically articulate empirical evidence on the positive effects of illness within the wider context of a discussion of the positive aspects of vulnerability. The conventional understanding holds that to be vulnerable is to be open to harms and wrongs; it is to be fragile, defenseless, and of compromised autonomy. In this paper, we challenge the assumption that vulnerability consists of nothing but powerlessness and dependence on others. This paper attempts to: (1) outline the theoretical conceptualisation of the positive aspects of coping with illness, while simultaneously showing how these findings provide empirical support for some classical philosophical ideas; (2) influence a change in the manners in which the ill are usually perceived (as weak, dependent, robbed of a good life) and (3) point to the importance of modernising the prevalent biomedical conception of illness with the subjective dimension of health. Biomedical understanding of illness focuses on the vulnerable experience of the sufferer, suggesting the importance of philosophical additions. |
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MeSH term(s) | Adaptation, Psychological ; Humans |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2022-02-08 |
Publishing country | Netherlands |
Document type | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 1440052-2 |
ISSN | 1572-8633 ; 1386-7423 |
ISSN (online) | 1572-8633 |
ISSN | 1386-7423 |
DOI | 10.1007/s11019-022-10072-5 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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