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Handbook of Phenomenology and Medicine

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  • © 2001

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Editors:
  1. S. Kay Toombs

    1. Philosophy Department, Baylor University, Waco, USA

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Part of the book series: Philosophy and Medicine (PHME, volume 68)

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction: Phenomenology and Medicine

    1. Introduction: Phenomenology and Medicine

      • S. Kay Toombs
      Pages 1-26

  3. Phenomenology and Medicine

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27
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    2. Temporality and Illness: A Phenomenological Perspective

      • John B. Brough
      Pages 29-46

    3. The Lifeworld and Scientific Interpretation

      • Patrick A. Heelan
      Pages 47-66

    4. Medicine and the Phenomenological Method

      • Frances Chaput Waksler
      Pages 67-86

    5. The Phenomenology of Health and Illness

      • Fredrik Svenaeus
      Pages 87-108

    6. Disease: The Phenomenological and Conceptual Center of Practical-Clinical Medicine

      • Per Sundström
      Pages 109-126

    7. Thinking about Medicine

      • Richard M. Zaner
      Pages 127-144

  4. The Body

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145
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    2. Dimensions of Embodiment: Body Image and Body Schema in Medical Contexts

      • Shaun Gallagher
      Pages 147-175

    3. Female Embodiment and Clinical Practice

      • Maureen Connolly
      Pages 177-196

    4. Emotion and Embodiment within the Medical World

      • Glen A. Mazis
      Pages 197-214

    5. The Body, Music, and Healing

      • Bruce Wilshire
      Pages 215-225

  5. Lived Experience

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 227-227
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    2. Experiencing Illness Through Storytelling

      • Arthur W. Frank
      Pages 229-245

    3. Reflections on Bodily Change: The Lived Experience of Disability

      • S. Kay Toombs
      Pages 247-261

    4. The Lived Experience of Pain in the Context of Clinical Practice

      • Irena Madjar
      Pages 263-277

    5. The Lived Experience of Mental Illness

      • Jo Ann Walton
      Pages 279-293

  6. Clinical Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 295-295
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About this book

As the fields of philosophy of medicine and bioethics have developed in the United States, the philosophical perspective of phenomenology has been largely ignored. Yet, the central conviction that informs this volume is that phenomenology provides extraordinary insights into many of the issues that are directly addressed within the world of medicine. Such issues include: the nature of medicine itself; the distinction between immediate experience and scientific conceptualization; the nature of the body - and the implications of embodiment in the realm of clinical practice; the meaning of health, illness and disease; the problem of intersubjectivity - particularly with respect to achieving successful communication with another; the complexity of decision-making in the clinical context (and in the realm of medical ethics); the possibility of empathic understanding; the theory and method of clinical practice; and the essential characteristics of the therapeutic relationship - i.e. the relationship between the sick person and the one who professes to help. Some of the authors who have contributed to this volume are philosophers, some are engaged in other academic disciplines, and several are practicing healthcare professionals.

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"The style of presentation is engaging and will be appreciated by the intelligent reader who has an interest in issues that are important to health care, refreshingly approached through perspectives from within phenomenology. A training in philosophy is not a requirement for the contents of this volume to be appreciated."
(Elizabeth Pask in Nursing Ethics, 9:5 (2002)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Philosophy Department, Baylor University, Waco, USA

    S. Kay Toombs

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