In this episode, Élaina interviews Danielle Spencer, the author of “Metagnosis: Revelatory Narratives of Health and Identity”. Danielle explains what she means by “narrative medicine” and what the COVID-19 pandemic and the genre of physician memoirs can tell us about what still needs to happen before we can achieve more holistic healthcare.

You can reach Danielle and find her work on her website: https://www.daniellespencer.com/

You can read my review of “Metagnosis” here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DtWQScs-arO8Hd3T8BNVDpxFFEHgNjh4/view?usp=sharing

Texts mentioned in the episode (All links are affiliated to Bookshop.org UK and any purchases made through them will generate a small commission that helps to support the podcast):

Metagnosis: Revelatory Narratives of Health and Identity, by Danielle Spencer

Phenomenology of Illness, by Havi Carel

Recognitions, by Terence Cave

The Cancer Journals, by Audre Lorde

The Undying: A Meditation on Modern Illness, by Anne Boyer

Illness as Metaphor, by Sunsan Sontag

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