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Phenomenology of illness / Havi Carel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carel, Havi, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Diseases--Philosophy.
- Diseases.
- Medicine--Philosophy.
- Medicine.
- Sick.
- Sick--Psychology.
- Phenomenology.
- Social medicine.
- Medical anthropology.
- Mind and body.
- Philosophy, Medical.
- Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical.
- Sick Role.
- Medical Subjects:
- Philosophy, Medical.
- Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical.
- Sick Role.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 248 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- Havi Carel uses phenomenology to explore how illness modifies the ill person's body, values, and world. Carel argues that illness has received little philosophical attention. 'Phenomenology of Illness' develops a phenomenological framework for illness and a systematic understanding of illness as a philosophical tool.
- Contents:
- Why use phenomenology to study illness?
- Phenomenological features of the body
- The body in illness
- Bodily doubt
- A phenomenology of breathlessness
- Is well-being possible in illness?
- Illness as being towards death
- Epistemic injustice in healthcare
- The philosophical role of illness.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2016.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 8, 2016).
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9780191829925
- 0-19-182992-7
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