Epistemic Injustice, Healthcare and Phenomenology of Illness

This research project investigates Miranda Fricker's(2007) notion of "epistemic injustice" and its application in healthcare and medicine; explores and evaluates the "phenomenology of illness" articulated by Havi Carel and Ian James Kidd as a remedy for epistemic injustice in healthcare and medicine. This three-year project aims to address the following issues. First, this research will critically examine how Fricker's(2007) notion of "epistemic injustice" discloses the operation of social power in epistemic interactions and the relationships between knowledge, power and ethics. With reference to Iris Young's(1990) account of justice, this research will attend to the various forms of harm and oppression suffered by the knowing subject in epistemic injustice. Second, the research will critically scrutinize Carel and Kidd's analysis of the phenomenon of epistemic injustice within contemporary healthcare and medicine. Third, the research will critically examine and analyze, with reference to Toombs(1992), the plausibility and feasibility of Carel and Kidd's articulation of a phenomenology of illness as a remedy for epistemic injustice in healthcare and medicine.

Project ID:PE10901-0164
External Project ID:MOST107-2410-H010-012-MY3