S. Kay Toombs
Springer Netherlands
0e druk, 1993
9780792324430
The Meaning of Illness
A Phenomenological Account of the Different Perspectives of Physician and Patient
Specificaties
Paperback, 165 blz.
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Engels
Springer Netherlands |
1993
ISBN13: 9780792324430
Rubricering
Onderdeel van serie
Philosophy and Medicine
Levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
Gratis verzonden
Samenvatting
This work provides a phenomenological account of the experience of illness and the manner in which meaning is constituted by the patient and the physician. The author provides a detailed account of the way in which illness and body are apprehended differently by doctor and patient. This title has been awarded the first Edwin Goodwin Ballard Prize in Phenomenology.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780792324430
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:165
Uitgever:Springer Netherlands
Druk:0
Serie:Philosophy and Medicine
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction: A Phenomenological Approach. One: The Separate Worlds of Physician and Patient. 1. Own World. 2. Common World. 3. Different Perspectives of Physician and Patient. 4. Implications for Medical Practice. Two: Illness. 1. Levels of Constitution of Meaning. 2. The Patient's Apprehension of Illness. 3. The Physician's Apprehension of the Patient's Illness. 4. Implications for Medical Practice. Three: The Body. 1. The Lived Body. 2. Body as Object. 3. Lived Body in Illness. 4. Body as Object in Illness. 5. The Body-as-Scientific-Object. 6. Implications for Medical Practice. Four: The Healing Relationship. 1. Illness-as-Lived. 2. Empathic Understanding. 3. Clinical Narrative. 4. The Healing Relationship. Bibliography. Index.