Martyn Evans, Rolf Ahlzen, Iona Heath, Jane MacNaughton

'For those previously unfamiliar with the fields of Medical Humanities and Philosophy some chapters will make easier reading than others. However, all practitioners involved in clinical assessment and the evaluation of symptom presentation would benefit from its insights.' - John Richard Ashcroft, Counties Manukau District Health Board, New Zealand, Mental Health and Substance Use

• The patients’ stories. Music, interrupted: an illness observed from within. The body as lived experience in health and disease. Issues of privacy and intimacy at the beginnings of illness. Vocabulary of health and illness: the possibilities and limitations of language. Seeing ourselves: interpreting the visual signs of illness. The response to suffering. Another day with a headache: Semiotics of everyday symptoms. Giving meaning to symptoms.

Martyn Evans, Rolf Ahlzen, Iona Heath, Jane MacNaughton

'For those previously unfamiliar with the fields of Medical Humanities and Philosophy some chapters will make easier reading than others. However, all practitioners involved in clinical assessment and the evaluation of symptom presentation would benefit from its insights.' - John Richard Ashcroft, Counties Manukau District Health Board, New Zealand, Mental Health and Substance Use

• The patients’ stories. Music, interrupted: an illness observed from within. The body as lived experience in health and disease. Issues of privacy and intimacy at the beginnings of illness. Vocabulary of health and illness: the possibilities and limitations of language. Seeing ourselves: interpreting the visual signs of illness. The response to suffering. Another day with a headache: Semiotics of everyday symptoms. Giving meaning to symptoms.

Martyn Evans, Rolf Ahlzen, Iona Heath, Jane MacNaughton

'For those previously unfamiliar with the fields of Medical Humanities and Philosophy some chapters will make easier reading than others. However, all practitioners involved in clinical assessment and the evaluation of symptom presentation would benefit from its insights.' - John Richard Ashcroft, Counties Manukau District Health Board, New Zealand, Mental Health and Substance Use

• The patients’ stories. Music, interrupted: an illness observed from within. The body as lived experience in health and disease. Issues of privacy and intimacy at the beginnings of illness. Vocabulary of health and illness: the possibilities and limitations of language. Seeing ourselves: interpreting the visual signs of illness. The response to suffering. Another day with a headache: Semiotics of everyday symptoms. Giving meaning to symptoms.