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The phrase 'medical humanities' has a currency that is wider than
any agreement as to what it means, though those engaged in the
field usually know what they are attempting. This volume examines
the idea of 'symptom' as a route to understanding the structure of
clinical practice. Actual symptoms are always experienced by real,
actual individuals - however much those experiences are mediated by
language, culture, expectation and the conventions of the clinical
consultation. And this in turn is important because it reminds us
that health, illness, well-being, suffering are first and foremost
aspects of experience. This book asks questions - and offers
answers - about the meaning of actual symptoms and of the concept
of 'symptom' as a prelude to a cumulative interdisciplinary
understanding of illness as a source of human need, and clinical
medicine as a human response to it.
In this book the author argues that human musical understanding is
rooted in the traditions of culture and that experience of music
depends crucially on what the individual brings to it.
Design Roots provides a comprehensive review of culturally
significant designs, products and practices which are rooted to
particular communities through making tradition and a sense of
place. Many rich traditional practices associated with community,
tacit knowledge and culture are being rapidly lost due to
globalization and urbanization. Yet they have much to offer for the
future in terms of sustainability, identity, wellbeing and new
opportunities in design. This book considers the creative roots,
the place-based ecologies, and deep understandings of cultural
significance, not only in terms of history and tradition but also
in terms of locale, social interactions, innovation, and change for
the sustainment of culturally significant material productions.
Importantly, these are not locked in time by sentimentality and
nostalgia but are evolving, innovative, and adaptive to new
technologies and changing circumstances. Contributing authors
explore the historical roots of culturally significant designs,
products and practices, emerging directions, amateur endeavours,
enterprise models, business opportunities and the changing role and
contribution of design in the creation of material cultures of
significance, meaning and value. An international perspective is
provided through case studies and research from North and South
America, Africa, Europe, Asia and Australasia, with examples
including Aran jumper production in Northern Ireland, weaving in
Thailand, Iranian housing design, Brazilian street design and
digital crafting in the United Kingdom.
Design Roots provides a comprehensive review of culturally
significant designs, products and practices which are rooted to
particular communities through making tradition and a sense of
place. Many rich traditional practices associated with community,
tacit knowledge and culture are being rapidly lost due to
globalisation and urbanisation. Yet they have much to offer for the
future in terms of sustainability, identity, wellbeing and new
opportunities in design. This book considers the creative roots,
the place-based ecologies, and deep understandings of cultural
significance, not only in terms of history and tradition but also
in terms of locale, social interactions, innovation, and change for
the sustainment of culturally significant material productions.
Importantly, these are not locked in time by sentimentality and
nostalgia but are evolving, innovative, and adaptive to new
technologies and changing circumstances. Contributing authors
explore the historical roots of culturally significant designs,
products and practices, emerging directions, amateur endeavours,
enterprise models, business opportunities and the changing role and
contribution of design in the creation of material cultures of
significance, meaning and value. An international perspective is
provided through case studies and research from North and South
America, Africa, Europe, Asia and Australasia, with examples
including Aran jumper production in Northern Ireland, weaving in
Thailand, Iranian housing design, Brazilian street design and
digital crafting in the United Kingdom.
When a person falls ill, their experience changes - sometimes in a
very minor and transient way, sometimes in a decisive and lasting
one. 'Diagnosis' is often seen as the process of scientifically and
objectively identifying the causes of this subjective experience,
but is the process and meaning of 'diagnosis' really as simple as
this implies? As this volume of The Medical Humanities Companion
argues, diagnoses are an answer to complex human needs that spring
from being ill, and are in turn a complex, culturally mediated
interaction between individuals, scientific discoveries, social
negotiation and historical change. This volume makes visible the
complexities and ambiguities involved in giving and receiving
diagnoses, and how they shape and are shaped by views on what is
real and acceptable, and how people relate to the phenomena of
illness.
The topics covered in this book have been specifically chosen to
give guidance to surgeons established in practice and those
embarking on their careers. Examples include the changing
management in the treatment of the catastrophic abdominal wall,
perianal Crohn's disease in the biological era, decision making in
rectal cancer that responds to radiotherapy, and the assessment of
outcomes in colorectal cancer surgery. Recent years have seen the
introduction of technical advances with respect to robotics in
colorectal surgery and trans-anal total meso-rectal excision, and
which are rapidly becoming established in clinical practice.
Chapters also cover those aspects of colorectal practice, which are
common to all, and provide guidance on management of topics
including complications of radiotherapy, management of pouch
dysfunction and iatrogenic complications in pelvic cancer surgery.
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