Conference 19-20th September 2013. Malady and Mortality: Illness, Disease and Death literary and visual culture conference

Keynote Speakers: Professor Tony Walter, Centre for Death, University of Bath; Professor Alan Bleakley, Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry
Papers are invited on the following topics:

• Health, Well Being and Environment
• History of Medicine
• Public Health and Medicine
• Disease and Subjectivity
• Disability and Agency
• The Body in Pain
• Palliative Care
• Illness and Digital Technologies
• Narrative, e-Narratives and Memory
• Medical Intervention and Patient Testimony
• Communication and Patient Networks
• Medical Identities and Medical Gatekeepers
• Sustainability, Quality of Life and Euthanasia
• State Intervention and Legal Decisions
• Artes Moriendi and Privacy Definitions of Death
• Rights and Ownership
• Grief and Mourning

Please send abstracts (200 words max) to Dr Helen Thomas, with subject header ‘Malady and Mortality Conference’ by 1st May 2013.