Shame is a feeling which has to do with humiliation, inadequacy, disgrace, and inferiority. The Shame and Medicine Project is an engagement between medical practitioners, social scientists, philosophers and medical humanities scholars seeking to investigate the role of shame in the context of health, medicine and medical practice.
“Shame” falls especially into sickness with continuous impacts on the illness, the “inside” of the patient. Two realms which might be in tune, that one of the patient and that one of the social context.
Maria Giulia Marini, director of the healthcare and well-being area of ISTUD Foundation, participated like speaker at the event “Cultures of shame in medicine: an interdisciplinary workshop” held the 19th September at the Trinity College of Dublin.
Maria Giulia Marini talked about “Defeating Shame in Postcontemporary Illness. An Analysis from Patients’ Narratives”. By clicking upon the title of the speech you can download the presentation (PDF).
