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This book presents a study of health and illness derived in large measure from the writings of French philosopher Gilles Deleuze. It provides the first systematic assessment of the significance of Deleuze’s thought for contemporary research in the health sciences, including work in public health, quality of life studies and human development. The book will introduce many of Deleuze’s key ideas, exploring the application of his method, what he called “transcendental empiricism”, to the analysis of select problems in the study of health and society. Of principal interest are the inventive accounts of subjectivity, embodiment and experience that Deleuze proposes, and the varied concepts that these accounts engender. In pursuing these interests, the book will confirm the need for a Deleuzian approach to research in the health and social sciences, along with the innovations in research practice that such an approach …