Gillian A Bendelow
Biographic Data
| ID | 265180 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gillian A Bendelow |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gillian A |
| FAMILY NAME | Bendelow |
| SIGNATURE | BENDELOW G A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Applied Social Studies at the University of Warwick. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 165 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Pain, suffering and risk
A primary role of medicine is often perceived as treating or alleviating pain, but what actually constitutes pain can be defined in many ways. A major impediment to a more adequate conceptualization of pain is thought to be the manner in which it has been 'medicalized,' over the course of the twentieth century resulting in the inevitable Cartesian split between body and mind. Consequently, the dominant conceptualization of pain has focused almost…
Recalcitrant Bodies'? Children, Cancer and the Transgression of Corporeal Boundaries
Located within the context of recent debates about the body as both a material and socially constructed entity, this article takes up these corporeal issues through a focus on children's images and depictions of cancer. Key themes here include monstrous/demonic bodies, dys-figured/absent bodies, the combustible body, pathological bodies and mortal bodies. Under-pinning these representations, it is suggested, is a view of the primordial body as a …
The end of the road? Lay views on a pain-relief clinic
The `Emotional' Body
Emotions and 'Sociological Imperialism
Transcending the dualisms
Theories of pain have traditionally been dominated by biomedicine and concentrate upon its neurophysiological aspects, both in diagnosis and treatment. Hence, scientific medicine reduces the experience of pain to an elaborate broadcasting system of signals, rather than seeing it as moulded and shaped both by the individual and their particular socio‐cultural context. Although pain lies at the intersection between biology and culture, making it an…
Transcending the dualisms
Theories of pain have traditionally been dominated by biomedicine and concentrate upon its neurophysiological aspects, both in diagnosis and treatment. Hence, scientific medicine reduces the experience of pain to an elaborate broadcasting system of signals, rather than seeing it as moulded and shaped both by the individual and their particular socio‐cultural context. Although pain lies at the intersection between biology and culture, making it an…
Recalcitrant Bodies'? Children, Cancer and the Transgression of Corporeal Boundaries
Located within the context of recent debates about the body as both a material and socially constructed entity, this article takes up these corporeal issues through a focus on children's images and depictions of cancer. Key themes here include monstrous/demonic bodies, dys-figured/absent bodies, the combustible body, pathological bodies and mortal bodies. Under-pinning these representations, it is suggested, is a view of the primordial body as a …
The end of the road? Lay views on a pain-relief clinic
Emotions and 'Sociological Imperialism
The `Emotional' Body
Transcending the dualisms
Theories of pain have traditionally been dominated by biomedicine and concentrate upon its neurophysiological aspects, both in diagnosis and treatment. Hence, scientific medicine reduces the experience of pain to an elaborate broadcasting system of signals, rather than seeing it as moulded and shaped both by the individual and their particular socio‐cultural context. Although pain lies at the intersection between biology and culture, making it an…
The end of the road? Lay views on a pain-relief clinic
The `Emotional' Body
Emotions and 'Sociological Imperialism
Recalcitrant Bodies'? Children, Cancer and the Transgression of Corporeal Boundaries
Located within the context of recent debates about the body as both a material and socially constructed entity, this article takes up these corporeal issues through a focus on children's images and depictions of cancer. Key themes here include monstrous/demonic bodies, dys-figured/absent bodies, the combustible body, pathological bodies and mortal bodies. Under-pinning these representations, it is suggested, is a view of the primordial body as a …
Pain, suffering and risk
A primary role of medicine is often perceived as treating or alleviating pain, but what actually constitutes pain can be defined in many ways. A major impediment to a more adequate conceptualization of pain is thought to be the manner in which it has been 'medicalized,' over the course of the twentieth century resulting in the inevitable Cartesian split between body and mind. Consequently, the dominant conceptualization of pain has focused almost…
Epistemology (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Empathy and Medical Education (3 works) · Emotional Labor in Professions (2 works) · Emotions and Moral Behavior (2 works) · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices (2 works) · Pain Management and Placebo Effect (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Psychiatry (2 works)