Illness and image : case studies in the medical humanities / Sander L. Gilman.

New Brunswick, New Jersey : Transaction Publishers, [2015]

xxviii, 248 pages : black and white illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Case one: Circumcision : religion and health -- Case two: Face transplants : authentic faces? -- Case three: Posture and health -- Case four: Obesity across cultures -- Case five: Seeing pain -- Case six: Madness as a disability -- Case seven: Self-harm and mental illness -- Case eight: Genes and race -- Case nine: Death : the final case.