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Open futures, human finitude

Evans, M.

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Authors

M. Evans



Contributors

J. Gordon
Editor

J. MacNaughton
Editor

C. Rudebeck
Editor

Abstract

‘Looking forward’ is an ambiguous state in which to find oneself, as ambiguous as that future reality of which the looking-forward is a presentiment. Anticipation can be eager and excited (cats are said to enjoy the prospect of food as much as the food itself), but it can also be fearful (for instance, contemplation supplies the frightened soldier with full dress-rehearsals of his death). For context is all. Prognosis usually concerns where illness may take us and where it may leave us. Often this can be entirely happy: the full recovery with years of active future life restored or confirmed. Or it can be sombre: striking the tempo of the introductory bars to an elegy for life diminished, darkened or soon-to-be-lost altogether.

Citation

Evans, M. (2013). Open futures, human finitude. In J. Gordon, J. MacNaughton, & C. Rudebeck (Eds.), Medical humanities companion : prognosis (105-120). Radcliffe Publishing

Acceptance Date Nov 30, 2012
Publication Date 2013
Deposit Date Oct 23, 2012
Publicly Available Date Apr 30, 2015
Publisher Radcliffe Publishing
Pages 105-120
Series Number 4
Book Title Medical humanities companion : prognosis.
Publisher URL http://www.radcliffehealth.com/shop/medical-humanities-companion-volume-4-prognosis

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