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Life Interpretation and the Sense of Illness within the Human Condition
. Ed(S): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa; Agazzi, Evandro
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paperback. Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa; Agazzi, Evandro. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPQ; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 461.
In medicine the understanding and interpretation of the complex reality of illness currently refers either to an organismic approach that focuses on the physical or to a 'holistic' approach that takes into account the patient's human sociocultural involvement. Yet as the papers of this collection show, the suffering human person refers ultimately to his/her existential sphere. Hence, praxis is supplemented by still other perspectives for valuation and interpretation: ethical, spiritual, and religious.
Can medicine ignore these considerations or push them to the side as being subjective and arbitrary? Phenomenology/philosophy-of-life ... Read more
In medicine the understanding and interpretation of the complex reality of illness currently refers either to an organismic approach that focuses on the physical or to a 'holistic' approach that takes into account the patient's human sociocultural involvement. Yet as the papers of this collection show, the suffering human person refers ultimately to his/her existential sphere. Hence, praxis is supplemented by still other perspectives for valuation and interpretation: ethical, spiritual, and religious.
Can medicine ignore these considerations or push them to the side as being subjective and arbitrary? Phenomenology/philosophy-of-life ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
Series
Analecta Husserliana
Number of Pages
287
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401038393
SKU
V9789401038393
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