Self-Knowledge In and Out of Illness (Symposium, King’s College London, 3rd-4th May 2016)

Research Summary: Self-Knowledge In and Out of Illness

Event Type: Academic Symposium

Primary Topic: Patient self-knowledge in healthcare contexts—physiological monitoring, genetic profiling, and psychological self-awareness in illness prevention and management.

Key Questions Addressed: Acquisition of self-knowledge; optimal utilization and barriers to understanding; therapeutic versus detrimental applications; illness as epistemic opportunity.

Dates & Venues: 3–4 May 2016; Greenwood Lecture Theatre and Harris Lecture Theatre, Guy's Campus, King's College London.

Access: Free, open registration, no booking required.

Scope: Multidisciplinary inquiry examining how self-knowledge—encompassing somatic markers, metabolic parameters, and mental states—shapes clinical decision-making and patient autonomy.

Knowledge of oneself — skin, breasts, blood sugar, oxygen saturation, genetic profile, heart rate, weight, state of mind — plays an increasing role in health care as patients are encouraged to take charge of their own health. Self-knowledge can be useful, worthless, or even detrimental. How do we get self-knowledge? How do we learn to use it and what are the obstacles? We may use self-knowledge to avoid or treat illness, but can illness also teach us about ourselves?

3 May 9:00-5:30, reception to follow, Greenwood Lecture Theatre, Guy’s Campus, King’s College London
4 May 9:00-5:00, Harris Lecture Theatre, Hodgkin Building, Guy’s Campus, King’s College London

Free event, all welcome, no booking. Please download the flyer for more information on the symposium.

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