Reflecting on the pathography

Tod Chambers

doi:10.1353/pbm.2020.0057

Reflecting on the pathography

Tod Chambers^*

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Abstract

This essay looks at the liminal genre of the critical pathography, a literary form that bridges the boundary between an academic analysis and an illness nar-rative. It argues that when this genre is compared to more traditional forms of analysis in the medical humanities and bioethics, the critical pathography treats its subject in a manner that is more akin to what Gabriel Marcel refers to as a mystery, something that can only be explored, than to a problem, a puzzle that can be solved.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	708-717
Number of pages	10
Journal	Perspectives in biology and medicine
Volume	63
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1353/pbm.2020.0057
State	Published - 2020

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Issues, ethics and legal aspects
Health Policy
History and Philosophy of Science

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