Medical Humanities 11/11/16

MEDICAL HUMANITIES STUDENT LOG (11/11/16)

• [1:15] Discussing Donald Trump winning the election.
• Opinions of his success
• Harambe: Our Lord and Savior

• [1:40] Anne Hawkins: Pathography: Patient narratives of illness.
• Pathography is a story of illness
• Narrative is about power
• We live in a culture that has an increase in sharing.
• Didactic pathographies:
• Angry Pathographies:
• Eco Pathographies: reduces reduced stigma
• Internal Pathographies

• [2:05] Magic Johnson and Aids

• [2:25] “Illness is the night-side of life, a more onerous citizenship. Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the hell and in the kingdom of the sick. Although we all prefer to use only the goal passport, sooner or later each of us is obliged, at least for a spell, to identify ourselves as citizens of that other place.” - Susan S.

• Illness you dealt with?

• [2:30] Jawan’s Response: This quote from Susan S. is similar to the idea of heaven or hell. She makes an argument that illness is sorta of like phase of hell the burden no1 wants to experience. She later claims that we all like to escape from it but in the end, we have to face the sickness head on. This can help us identify what the sickness is and give us empathy for others with the same illness.

• The Death of Ivan Ilyich

• What kind of man he is?
• His relation to society?