Global healing: literature, advocacy, care
In: Textxet, Studies in comparative literature volume 92
In: Literature and Cultural Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2020, ISBN: 9789004419087
Acknowledgements Introduction 1Comparative Literature, World Literature, Global Literature -- 2Literature and Medicine, Medical and Health Humanities -- 3The Chapters -- Part 1: Shattering Stigmas -- Introduction: Exposing Stigmas 1Legacies of Leprosy 1Leprosy, Christianity, Europe -- 2Imperialism, Segregation, Hawai'i, Nigeria -- 3Leprosy and East Asia -- 4Propagating Prejudices -- 5Countering Violence -- 5.1Leprosy Narratives and Hawai'i -- 5.2Japanese and Korean Stories of Leprosy -- 5.3Paradise Reconsidered in Yi Ch'ŏngjun's Your Paradise -- 5.4Betrayal and the Urdu Translation of Your Paradise -- 5.5Leprosaria as Refuge – Ola Rotimi's Hopes of the Living Dead -- 2 AIDS, National Fear, Literary Production 1 HIV / AIDS – The Global Epidemic -- 2South Africa – Silence, Secrets, Accusations -- 3Tanzania and Kenya – Denials, Allegations, Vulnerability -- 4China – Innocence, Guilt, Social Control -- 5The United States – Indictments, Activism, Understanding -- 3 AIDS Stigmas, Fear, Care -- 1Deterring Advocacy, Activism, and Education -- 2Deferring Responsibility -- 3Obstructing Timely Testing and Medical Treatment -- 4Forestalling Support -- 5Destroying Landscapes -- Entr'acte: Confronting the Stigmas of Alzheimer's-- Part 2: Humanizing Healthcare -- Introduction: Person-Focused Care – Advocacy, Respect, Compassion, Empathy, Healing 1Calls for Patient-Centered Care-- 2Person-Focused Care – Empathy, Cultural Humility, Compassion, Healing-- 3Challenges to Person-Focused Care-- 4Narrative Interventions-- 4Contrasts in Care 1Exposing Disparities -- 2Asserting Humanity -- 3Voicing Despair -- 4Articulating Change -- 5Speaking For, Not With-- 1Stories Dismissed-- 2Stories without Words-- 3Stories without Memories-- 4Differences Denied-- 6 Medically Treating, Not Healing-- 1Transforming Medicine – Women Physicians and Healing-- 2Saving without Healing-- 3Temporarily Curing without Healing-- 4Accentuating Violence, Impeding Healing-- 7Interventions in Dying-- 1Easing Death-- 1.1On the Right to Decline Death-Prolonging Care-- 1.2On the Right to Life-Ending Care-- 2Conundrums of Cure-- 2.1Sacrifices in Discovering and Developing Cures-- 2.2The Paradoxical Precariousness of Cure-- Part 3: Prioritizing Partnerships -- Introduction: Healing Partnerships 8Promoting Partnerships in Living, Sharing Care-- 1Integrating Support – Patients, Loved Ones, Health Professionals, Societies-- 2Truth Telling – Patients, Loved Ones, Health Professionals-- 3Eschewing Medical Treatment – Patients, Loved Ones-- 4All about Elephants-- 9Providing Partnerships in Dying, Easing Death-- 1Partnerships Interrupted-- 2Partnerships Criminalized-- 3Partnerships Redefined-- Bibliography Index.