Reframing Suicide: A Critical Medical Humanities Approach

By Anne Whitehead, Stuart Murray, Corinne Saunders, Sowon Park, and Angela Woods

This groundbreaking book challenges the dominant narratives surrounding suicide, shifting the focus from “why” to “when, how, and where”. By examining the materiality and materialization of suicide, the authors bring a critical medical humanities perspective to this complex and controversial topic.

A Provocative and Affecting Exploration

Through a combination of critical and textual analysis, as well as personal reflection, Whitehead delves into the days, months, and years following a death by suicide. This innovative approach reveals the often surprising ways in which suicide is woven into the fabric of our everyday lives, affecting us all in varying degrees of proximity and kinship.

By pivoting attention to the aftermath of suicide, this book opens up new sites, scenes, and interactions for consideration, extending beyond individual pathology and the medical institution to explore subjective and social perspectives.

Product Details

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Publication Date: February 9, 2023

Language: English

Format: Paperback

Pages: 128

ISBN-10: 1350192163

ISBN-13: 978-1350192164

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