Illness as unhomelike being-in-the-world: Heidegger and the phenomenology of medicine

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 333-343

  Svenaeus, Fredrik ^a  

^a SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Heidegger; Lived body; Metaphor; Narrative; Phenomenology of health and illness; Time

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; PHILOSOPHY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 79959713000     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-010-9301-0     Document Type: Article

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