The Wounded Storyteller: Body, Illness, And Ethics

By Arthur W. Frank

In At the Will of the Body, Arthur Frank told the story of his own illnesses, heart attack and cancer. That book ended by describing the existence of a "remission society," whose members all live w...

Letting Stories Breathe: A Socio-Narratology

By Arthur W. Frank

Stories accompany us through life from birth to death. But they do not merely entertain, inform, or distress us—they show us what counts as right or wrong and teach us who we are and who we can ima...

The Renewal Of Generosity: Illness, Medicine, And How To Live

By Arthur W. Frank

Contemporary health care often lacks generosity of spirit, even when treatment is most efficient. Too many patients are left unhappy with how they are treated, and too many medical professionals fe...

The Renewal Of Generosity: Illness, Medicine, And How To Live

By Arthur W. Frank

Contemporary health care often lacks generosity of spirit, even when treatment is most efficient. Too many patients are left unhappy with how they are treated, and too many medical professionals fe...

At The Will Of The Body

By Arthur W. Frank, Frank, Arthur W.

A Discussion Of Illness And How It Impacts Our Lives, Giving Each Of Us The Decision To Change Our Way Of Living So That We Might Continue To Survive. Arthur W. Frank. Includes Bibliographical Refe...

At The Will Of The Body: Reflections On Illness

By Arthur W. Frank, Frank, Arthur W.

In This Deeply Affecting Memoir, Arthur W. Frank explores the events of illness from within: the transformation from person to patient, the pain, the wonder, and the ceremony of recovery. To illumi...

At The Will Of The Body: Reflections On Illness

By Arthur W. Frank

In this deeply affecting memoir, Arthur W. Frank explores the events of illness from within: the transformation from person to patient, the pain, the wonder,and the ceremony of recovery. To illumin...

Health Humanities Reader

By Howard Brody, Dan Goldberg, Michael, Lisa Keranen, Mark Vonnegut, Therese JONES, Jeffrey P. Bishop, Arthur W. Frank, Thomas R. Cole, Delese Wear, Bleakley Alan, Lester D. Friedman, Tod Chambers, Tong, Rosemarie, Vonnegut, Mark, Campo, Rafael, DasGupta, Sayantani, Gilman, Sander L., Catherine Belling, Aultman, Julie M., Baruch, Jay, Barfield, Raymond C., Lantos, John, Haddad, Amy, Garden, Rebecca, Clark, Mark, Hester, Rebecca, Coulehan, Jack, Hausman, Bernice, Case, Gretchen A., Peterkin, Allen, Dreger, Alice, Levine-Clark, Marjorie, Squier, Susan M., Iezzoni, Lisa I., Cohn, Felicia, Frank, Arthur W Blackie, David H Flood, Maren Grainger-Monsen, Rhonda L. Soricelli

Over the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing humanistic in...

From Reading To Healing: Teaching Medical Professionalism Through Literature

By Arthur W. Frank, Susan Stagno, Michael Blackie

Selected readings and commentary for the medical humanities Learning how to behave and engage professionally can be one of the most challenging parts of embarking on a career in the medical field....

King Lear: Shakespeare'S Dark Consolations

By Arthur W. Frank