title: Health as Vulnerability; Interdependence and Relationality.
abstract: This article challenges the assumptions that underpin many discussions about health. In particular the view that healthy people are autonomous, self-sufficient and contained. It will argue that in our nature humans are, and should be, vulnerable, interdependent and caring. Health must be understood in a way which recognises that. We should not hide from the precarious, leaky, relational aspect of our bodies, but rejoice in them.
authors.affiliation: a Exeter College, University of Oxford , UK.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Herring
mesh_terms: D018594:Human Body; D006801:Humans; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D035862:Vulnerable Populations
keywords: autonomy; bodies; care; health; relationality; vulnerability