The place of the unknown in the Medical Humanities.
In the birth and development of the Medical Humanities, literature has played a crucial role, both as an educational resource and as an analytical device. This article proposes an appraisal of this approach by focussing on a model literary situation. Taking the move from Alberto Barrera Tyszka's novel La enfermedad [The illness], the authors identify and explore some of the "places of ignorance" that can emerge in the doctor-patient relationship, as potentially in any form of intersubjective encounter. The analysis aims at highlighting the constructive potential of such spaces of not knowing as a positive element to deal with, rather than a mere limitation of our power of intervention.
Centre de Recherche Psychanalyse, Médecine, et Société, Paris Diderot, Paris 7, Paris, France. louise.lambrichs@gmail.com
Louise L
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Lambrichs
Chantal
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Marazia
Luis
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Montiel
D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D006809:Humanities; D006801:Humans; D008495:Medical Oncology; D035501:Uncertainty