Revisiting the Rest Cure Treatment: Narratives Against Medical Negligence
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.48047/dcpqms83Keywords:
Autonomy, Literature, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Rest cure, WomenAbstract
The paper analyzes the depiction and critique of the rest cure method within the literature and focuses on its insinuations for women’s health and individual identity in the framework of medical orthodoxy. The rest cure method was first described and also prescribed in 1873 by Dr. S. Weir Mitchell. The method was representative of a patriarchal medical framework that often-overlooked women’s voice and intervention.
Downloads
References
Bordo, S. (1993). Unbearable weight: Feminism, Western culture, and the body. University of California Press. Caruth, C. (1995). Unclaimed experience: Trauma, narrative, and history. Johns Hopkins University Press.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
You are free to:
- Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially.
- Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.
- The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.
Under the following terms:
- Attribution — You must give appropriate credit , provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made . You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
Notices:
You do not have to comply with the license for elements of the material in the public domain or where your use is permitted by an applicable exception or limitation .
No warranties are given. The license may not give you all of the permissions necessary for your intended use. For example, other rights such as publicity, privacy, or moral rights may limit how you use the material.
