Jun 18 2022
Prof. Havi Carel - Phenomenology of illness
Prof Havi Carel - Phenomenology of illness
Dr Sara Booth in discussion with Professor Havi Carel
Havi Carel studied for a BA and MA at Tel-Aviv Universityand was awarded her PhD by the University of Essex. She was lecturer at the University of the West of Englandthen moved to the University of Bristolas a senior lecturer and later promoted to professor.
Her research interests include philosophy of medicine, phenomenology, philosophy of death, epistemic injusticeand health, illness, and children, and film and philosophy. Carel is best-known for her work on the phenomenology of somatic illness, and has led AHRC-funded project on concepts of health, illness, and disease (2009–11), a Leverhulme Trust-funded the lived experience of illness, a British AcademyMid-Career Fellowship and currently has a Wellcome TrustSenior Investigator Award funded project, 'The Life of Breath'
In 2006, Carel was diagnosed with lymphangioleiomyomatosis, a life-limiting lung disease, and much of her academic work reflects her own lived experiences as an ill person.
Show Notes
00m - intro to Havi and the study of phenomenology
2m - Havi’s own experience of breathlessness
4m the difference between normal and pathological breathlessness
6m the politics of breathlessness and symptom discordance
9m The Wellcome Trust Life of Breath investigation
15m Improving care for people with breathlessness - Exploring the holistic nature of breathlessness treatment
16m attitude towards illness. Is it a norm rather than an aberration?
21m - Her book Illness and it’s influences and the geography of illness, social architecture of our lives
27m - belief systems, perspective and the benefit of philosophy
33m - testimonials - effecting lasting change in medical practice
Find out more about the Wellcome Investigation - https://lifeofbreath.org/