Scholars International Journal of Linguistics and Literature (SIJLL)
Volume-9 | Issue-01 | 8-12
Review Article
Beyond the Clinic: Exploring Illness Memoirs Through Medical Humanities
Shamly P, Dr. Habeeb C
Published : Jan. 15, 2026
Abstract
Medical humanities, an interdisciplinary field, analyzes illness narratives to study the representation of disease, medicine and medical professionals. Among the illness memoirs, the patient as well as the doctor narratives became popular, as majority of the readers experienced a therapeutic relief of their hidden fears related with disease and death. The victory of modern medicine, challenges faced by the medical professionals and the doctor-patient relationship are the main themes of medical memoirs. The present study focuses on the doctor memoirs and it tries to study how far bioethical concepts have influenced the depiction of medical experience by doctors.