Blind to Their Blindness: A History of the Denial of Illness

Description

For many historians, sociologists, and anthropologists of medicine, "disease" and "illness" are not equivalent. Whereas "disease" denotes the physician's ostensibly objective criteria, "illness" emphasizes the patient's subjective experience. This dissertation examines that distinction precisely at a point where it breaks down, in the history of a diagnosis called "anosognosia," also known as the denial of illness. / History of Science

Links & Downloads

1. Phelps, Scott Douglas. 2014. Blind to Their Blindness: A History of the Denial of Illness. Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University.
2. http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11639
3. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:12274346

Tags

History of science

Mental health

Neurosciences

Anosognosia

Consciousness

Denial of illness

History of psychiatry and neurology

Mind-brain problem

Patient experience

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:harvard.edu/oai:dash.harvard.edu:1/12274346
Date	06 June 2014
Creators	Phelps, Scott Douglas
Contributors	Harrington, Anne
Publisher	Harvard University
Source Sets	Harvard University
Language	en_US
Detected Language	English
Type	Thesis or Dissertation
Rights	open