Phenomenology of illness / Havi Carel.

  • Carel, Havi
Date:
2016
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About this work

Publication/Creation

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Physical description

xi, 248 pages ; 23 cm

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Edition

First edition published in 2016.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-242) and index.

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.

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    History of Medicine
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ISBN

  • 9780199669653
  • 0199669651