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The Ethical Caress: For a New Medical Language: Rethinking the Doctor-Patient Relationship Through Ethics and Language

The Ethical Caress: For a New Medical Language: Rethinking the Doctor-Patient Relationship Through Ethics and Language

Ellenberg, Eytan

Paperback

Medical Reference

ISBN13: 9798282973174
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: May 8 2025
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.42 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In *The Ethical Caress: For a New Medical Language*, Dr. Eytan Ellenberg, a physician and linguist, challenges the conventional clinical gaze that defines modern medicine. Drawing from his dual expertise in medicine and linguistics, Ellenberg critiques the technical language that often distances doctors from patients, particularly in life's most vulnerable moments. Through a profound exploration of history, philosophy, and ethics-guided by thinkers like Michel Foucault and Emmanuel Levinas-he introduces the ethical caress, a complementary language of empathy, respect, and human connection.

This groundbreaking work traces the evolution of medical language from the 18th-century nosocomium to today's hospitals, revealing its strengths and limitations. Ellenberg proposes a reimagined health space where caregivers and patients unite in a shared ethical dialogue, fostering dignity and care. With actionable proposals for integrating the ethical caress into medical education and public health, this book is a call to humanize medicine.

Perfect for healthcare professionals, ethicists, linguists, and anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the doctor-patient relationship, *The Ethical Caress* offers a visionary path toward a more compassionate future for medicine.

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