The Hermeneutics of Medicine and the Phenomenology of Health
Steps Towards a Philosophy of Medical Practice
Authors: Svenaeus, F.
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Fredrik Svenaeus' book is a delight to read. Not only does he exhibit keen understanding of a wide range of topics and figures in both medicine and philosophy, but he manages to bring them together in an innovative manner that convincingly demonstrates how deeply these two significant fields can be and, in the end, must be mutually enlightening. Medicine, Svenaeus suggests, reveals deep but rarely explicit themes whose proper comprehension invites a careful phenomenological and hermeneutical explication. Certain philosophical approaches, on the other hand - specifically, Heidegger's phenomenology and Gadamer's hermeneutics - are shown to have a hitherto unrealized potential for making sense of those themes long buried within Western medicine.
Richard M. Zaner, Ann Geddes Stahlman Professor of Medical Ethics, Vanderbilt University
- Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-9
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The Clinical Encounter
Pages 11-57
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The Phenomenology of Health and Illness
Pages 59-118
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The Hermeneutics of Medicine
Pages 119-175
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Summary
Pages 177-181
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- The Hermeneutics of Medicine and the Phenomenology of Health
- Book Subtitle
- Steps Towards a Philosophy of Medical Practice
- Authors
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- F. Svenaeus
- Series Title
- International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine
- Series Volume
- 5
- Copyright
- 2000
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
- eBook ISBN
- 978-94-015-9458-5
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-94-015-9458-5
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-0-7923-6757-4
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-90-481-5632-0
- Series ISSN
- 1567-8008
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XI, 203
- Topics
