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The Body in Medical Thought and Practice (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992) Loot Price: R2,865
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The Body in Medical Thought and Practice (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992): D. Leder

The Body in Medical Thought and Practice (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992)

D. Leder

Series: Philosophy and Medicine, 43

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In the second half of the 20th century, the body has become a central theme of intellectual debate. How should we perceive the human body? Is it best understood biologically, experientially, culturally? How do social institutions exercise power over the body and determine norms of health and behavior? The answers arrived at by phenomenologists, social theorists, and feminists have radically challenged our cenventional notions of the body dating back to 17th century Cartesian thought. This is the first volume to systematically explore the range of contemporary thought concerning the body and draw out its crucial implications for medicine. Its authors suggest that many of the problems often found in modern medicine -- dehumanized treatment, overspecialization, neglect of the mind's healing resources -- are directly traceable to medicine's outmoded concepts of the body. New and exciting alternatives are proposed by some of the foremost physicians and philosophers working in the medical humanities today.

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Imprint: Springer
Country of origin: Netherlands
Series: Philosophy and Medicine, 43
Release date: December 2010
First published: 1992
Editors: D. Leder
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 260
Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
ISBN-13: 978-90-481-4140-1
Categories: Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine
Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Bio-ethics
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > Phenomenology & Existentialism
Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > Phenomenology & Existentialism
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LSN: 90-481-4140-0
Barcode: 9789048141401

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