Body matters : a phenomenology of sickness, disease, and illness /

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Written in a jargon-free way, Body Matters provides a clear and accessible phenomenological critique of core assumptions in mainstream biomedicine and explores ways in which health and illness are experienced and interpreted differently in various socio-h.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Aho, James A., 1942-
Other Authors: Aho, Kevin, 1969-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham ; Boulder : Lexington Books, ©2008.
Subjects:
Medicine > Philosophy.
Phenomenology.
Social medicine.
Medical anthropology.
Existentialism.
Philosophy.
Existentialism
Sociology, Medical
Philosophy, Medical
Disease > psychology
Philosophy
Médecine > Philosophie.
Phénoménologie.
Existentialisme.
Sociologie médicale.
Philosophie.
phenomenology.
existentialism.
philosophy.
MEDICAL > Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL > Osteopathy.
MEDICAL.
MEDICAL > Holistic Medicine.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference.
MEDICAL > Essays.
MEDICAL > Alternative Medicine.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism.
Medical anthropology
Medicine > Philosophy
Phenomenology
Social medicine
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foundations
  • The lived-body
  • The accelerated body and its pathologies
  • The sicknesses of society
  • The diseases of medicine
  • The agonies of illness
  • Medicine and phenomenology
  • Recovering therapy.

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