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The future of post-human health care : towards a new theory of mind and body /

Is positive thinking really so healthy that, as Martin Seligman (2000) and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi passionately thus argued, ""we believe that a psychology of positive human functioning will arise, which achieves a scientific understanding and effective interventions to build thriving indi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Baofu, Peter (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc.,, [2013]
Colección:Health care issues, costs, and access.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • The Future of Post-Human Health Care; The Future of Post-Human Health Care: Towards a New Theory of Mind and Body; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; BOOKS ALSO BY PETER BAOFU; CONTENTS; TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; PART ONE ; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION -THE VALUE OF HEALTH CARE; A Debate on a Fashionable Psychology; Definition and History of Health Care; Mind and Body in Health Care; Diverse Aspects of Health Care; The Theoretical Debate; The Interconnected Theory of Health Care; Theory and Meta-Theory; The Logic of Existential Dialectics.
  • Sophisticated Methodological HolismChapter Outline; Some Clarifications; PART TWO ; Mind; CHAPTER 2 MENTAL HEALTH AND ITS DUALITY; The Necessity of Mental Health; Mental Health and the Mind; Mental Health and Nature; Mental Health, Evolution, and the Environment; Mental Health and Society; Mental Health and Culture; The Contingency of Mental Health; PART THREE ; Body; CHAPTER 3 PHYSICAL HEALTH AND ITS AMBIVALENCE; The Use of Physical Health; Physical Health and the Mind; Physical Health and Nature; Physical Health and Society; Physical Health and Culture; The Misuse of Physical Health.
  • PART FOUR Conclusion; CHAPTER 4 CONCULSION
  • THE FUTURE OF HEALTH CARE; Beyond Mind and Body; In Relation to Method; In Relation to Structure; In Relation to Process; In Relation to Agency; In Relation to Outcome; 33rd Thesis: The Post-Human Interconnection; Towards the Post-Human Interconnection; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.