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UNINA9910454325203321 |
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Autore |
Aho James Alfred <1942-> |
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Titolo |
Body matters [[electronic resource] ] : a phenomenology of sickness, disease, and illness / / James Aho and Kevin Aho |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Lanham, : Lexington Books, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-49479-1 |
9786612494796 |
0-7391-3821-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (206 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Medicine - Philosophy |
Phenomenology |
Social medicine |
Medical anthropology |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-187) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Foundations -- The lived-body -- The accelerated body and its pathologies -- The sicknesses of society -- The diseases of medicine -- The agonies of illness -- Medicine and phenomenology -- Recovering therapy. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Written in a jargon-free way, Body Matters provides a clear and accessible phenomenological critique of core assumptions in mainstream biomedicine and explores ways in which health and illness are experienced and interpreted differently in various socio-historical situations. By drawing on the disciplines of literature, cultural anthropology, sociology, medical history, and philosophy, the authors attempt to dismantle common presuppositions we have about human afflictions and examine how the methods of phenomenology open up new ways to interpret the body and to re-envision therapy. |
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