The virtues of vulnerability : humility, autonomy, and citizen-subjectivity /
There are many locations, relationships, & experiences through which we learn what it means to be a citizen. Contemporary healthcare - or 'the clinic' - is one of those sites. Being drawn into the complex 'medical-legal-policy-insurance nexus' as a patient entails all sorts o...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2020.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | There are many locations, relationships, & experiences through which we learn what it means to be a citizen. Contemporary healthcare - or 'the clinic' - is one of those sites. Being drawn into the complex 'medical-legal-policy-insurance nexus' as a patient entails all sorts of learning, including, it is argued here, political learning. When we are subjected as a patient, frequently through a discourse of 'choice & control,' or 'patient autonomy,' what do we learn? What happens when the promise of a certain kind of autonomy is accompanied by demands for a certain kind of humility? What do we learn about agency & self-determination, as well as trust, self-knowledge, dependence, & resistance under such conditions of acute vulnerability? This text explores these questions on a journey through medicalized encounters with giving birth, navigating death, & seeking treatment for life-altering mental illness. |
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| Item Description: | Also issued in print: 2021. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (226 pages) |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197516676 (ebook) 019751667X (ebook) |