Chapters in this book

1. Front matter i
2. Dedication v
3. Contents vii
4. List of figures ix
5. Preface x
6. Acknowledgements xi
7. Introduction 1
8. 1 Clinical necropoetics 39
9. 2 The bioemporium 67
10. 3 Clinical labour and slow violence 92
11. 4 Possession? 127
12. 5 Scalpel and metaphor 161
13. Coda 185
14. Filmography 189
15. Bibliography 190
16. Index 213