Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Rachel Baer

  • The poetics of the body

    Rachel BaerPennsylvania, United States Pathographies are narratives that describe the intimate emotional effects of illness and disability. Body Story, a creative work in which Julia K. De Pree shares her experience with anorexia, exemplifies this type of writing. According to the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Eating Disorders Association, anorexia is an…