amelo14 wrote 10 months ago: On Illness 21: Chronic Illness and deep-sea diving We can try to think of many analogies that may ai … more →
amelo14 wrote 10 months ago: Reflections: Tentative Medical Questionnaire , (On illness 20) 1. Primary Question: Have you been se … more →
amelo14 wrote 1 year ago: Reflections: On Rarefactions a year later; final post (?) It has been over a year since the Rarefact … more →
amelo14 wrote 2 years ago: The nature of blogging and the frequently used saying “I deserve it” Blogging is a uniqu … more →
amelo14 wrote 2 years ago: On the ill and a reconsideration of dependence. The chronic or seriously ill can frequently become d … more →
amelo14 wrote 2 years ago: On illness, well-being and laughter. It is a common theme in our modern culture to try to connect he … more →
amelo14 wrote 2 years ago: Susan Sontag, the metaphors of illness and the militaristic understanding of the ill. (On Illness 17 … more →
amelo14 wrote 2 years ago: Choosing a doctor and knowing yourself. In selecting a doctor, or better yet, in selecting doctors, … more →
amelo14 wrote 2 years ago: In search of a meaning for physical pain. Permanent and serious illness is almost inseparable from c … more →
amelo14 wrote 2 years ago: On the unconscious needs underlying the relation between the ill and their caretakers. One of the di … more →
amelo14 wrote 2 years ago: Appendix to ‘On illness 13′: “The Yellow Wallpaper”: a short story for all caretakers. T … more →
amelo14 wrote 2 years ago: Why caretakers must reflect on the complex desires behind their care-taking. One of the main reasons … more →
amelo14 wrote 2 years ago: Medical pessimism, happiness, and learning to use a wheelchair. I must confess I have a fatal weakne … more →
amelo14 wrote 2 years ago: Regarding my grandmother, her silence, and her illness. Although my father spoke of his father conti … more →
amelo14 wrote 2 years ago: On the dangers of confusing everyday illness with chronic and serious illness. Our everyday approach … more →
amelo14 wrote 2 years ago: A conversation on illness with an older healthy man nearing death. An older man, and by most accoun … more →
amelo14 wrote 2 years ago: Patients as clients: the illness of our society and the need for a physician. A society that calls … more →
amelo14 wrote 2 years ago: The variety of illnesses: against the tendency to homogenize. Once a man of considerable intelligenc … more →
amelo14 wrote 2 years ago: Why can illness bring one closer to reflections on the possible nature of God? Though this is not ea … more →