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Literary Studies and Well-Being: Structures of Experience in the Worldly Work of Literature and Healthcare

by Ronald Schleifer
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Literary Studies and Well-Being: Structures of Experience in the Worldly Work of Literature and Healthcare
Literary Studies and Well-Being: Structures of Experience in the Worldly Work of Literature and Healthcare

Intersecting literature, healthcare, and emotional understanding.

If you're intrigued by the crossroads of literary arts and wellness, "Literary Studies and Well-Being" is a compelling read. It reaches beyond the typical health humanities to explore how literature shapes and reflects our approach to healthcare. Just as stories can transform our emotional landscape, this book suggests the study of literature can essentially humanize and enrich the practice of healthcare. For anyone interested in the profound impact of narrative on well-being, this book provides a thought-provoking perspective.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Literary Studies and Well-Being: Structures of Experience in the Worldly Work of Literature and Healthcare

by Ronald Schleifer
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ISBN: 9781350335677
Author: Ronald Schleifer
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Date of Publication: 2022-12-15
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Personal Development, Science
Related Topics: Writing, Personal Development, Medical, Health, Psychology, Mental Health
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The literary arts represent and provoke experiences of understanding and emotion, and this study examines how the practical pursuit of well-being in healthcare reveals purposes at the core of our engagements with and understanding of literature itself. During the past twenty years, much admirable work in the “health humanities” has focused upon what studies of literature contribute to the understandings and the practical work of healthcare. Such a project aims at developing healthcare practitioners who bring greater care to those who come to them ailing or in fear or faced with terrible suffering. Literary Studies and Well-Being turns this inside out by examining the intergenerational caretaking of healthcare in a manner which allows us to comprehend the nature and discipline of literary studies in new ways.
 

Intersecting literature, healthcare, and emotional understanding.

If you're intrigued by the crossroads of literary arts and wellness, "Literary Studies and Well-Being" is a compelling read. It reaches beyond the typical health humanities to explore how literature shapes and reflects our approach to healthcare. Just as stories can transform our emotional landscape, this book suggests the study of literature can essentially humanize and enrich the practice of healthcare. For anyone interested in the profound impact of narrative on well-being, this book provides a thought-provoking perspective.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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