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Following criticisms of the traditionally polarized view of
understanding suffering through either medicine or social justice,
Lowe makes a compelling argument for how the medical humanities can
help to go beyond the traditional biographical and epistemic breaks
to see into the nature and properties of suffering and what is at
stake. Lowe demonstrates through analysis of major healthcare
workforce issues and incidence of burnout how key policies and
practices influence healthcare education and experiences of both
patients and health professionals. By including first person
narratives from health professionals as a tool and resource, she
illustrates how dominant ideas about the self enter practice as a
refusal of suffering. Demonstrating the relationship between
personal experience, theory and research, Lowe argues for a
pedagogy of suffering that shows how the moral anguish implicit in
suffering is an ethical response of the emergent self. This is an
important read for all those interested in medical humanities,
health professional education, person-centred care and the
sociology of health and illness.
"An insightful and well-written book. One of the best studies of
local Jewish history extant."--Leonard Dinnerstein, University of
Arizona
For more than a century and a half, the Jewish citizens of the area
in and around Knoxville, Tennessee, have maintained the rituals and
traditions that define them as a separate people, even as they have
blended quietly with their non-Jewish neighbors.
Wendy Lowe Besmann paints a vivid picture of this community,
bringing alive the stories of merchants, grocers, immigrants from
Eastern Europe, and scientists and university professionals who
have come to call the area home. Drawing on interviews and other
sources, she traces the growth of local synagogues, explores the
role of Jewish community centers, looks at how children were shaped
by school and Temple life, and even recalls the community's summer
vacations at nearby Neubert Springs.
With broad historical sweep, Besmann examines what life was like
for Knoxville's early Jewish community and how the events of their
lives were affected by American expansion and depression, by social
upheaval and urban migration. Successive waves of immigrants, from
the traveling peddlers of the late nineteenth century to the
doctors, lawyers, and engineers of the late twentieth, have both
adapted to the culture of East Tennessee and shaped it in subtle
ways. As they did in cities all over the South, Knoxville's Jewish
population followed jobs, meaning that most of them did not grow up
in the region.
Besmann looks at topics as diverse as patterns of chain migration,
the role of Jewish merchants in the Civil War, and the
contributions of a Jewish-owned music store to the career of Elvis
Presley. She describes the vital role of ritual and celebration in
the community, from the importance placed on religious education to
the songs played at bar mitzvahs.
The Author: Wendy Lowe Besmann is a freelance writer whose work has
been published in The New York Times, USA Today, The Atlantic,
Self, and Better Homes & Gardens. She lives in Oak Ridge,
Tennessee.
Amid the English Civil War, the daughter of a royal courtier
escapes her forced betrothal and takes refuge in the Jewish Quarter
of Amsterdam during the Golden Age when Dutch Masters painted,
merchants grew rich trading in exotic luxuries, and modern medicine
was born. Along the way, Susanna Worthington must risk taking help
from the mysterious Captain David Winn, despite prophetic dreams
that he will kill her some day.
Team Up for Your Child: A Step-By-Step Guide to Working Smarter
with Doctors, Schools, Insurers and Agencies, is a user-friendly
workbook for families of the 25 million American children with
behavioral health problems--from ADHD to autism to psychiatric and
developmental disorders. Easy charts and worksheets turn a
bewildering mess into tasks a parent can handle. Created by a
parent in consultation with 23 health and education professionals,
this guide is packed with family tested tips and techniques that
make a tough job easier. Sponsored by NAMI Tennessee, an affiliate
of NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) the nation's largest
grassroots organization for persons with mental illness, their
families and communities.
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