Phenomenology as a resource for patients

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy (United Kingdom)

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 96-113

  Carel, Havi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

being in the world; embodiment; Heidegger; Husserl; illness; lived experience; Merleau Ponty; patient experience; patient support; perception; phenomenological reduction; phenomenology; thematization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DISEASES; HUMAN; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; DISEASE; HUMANS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84862094163     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: 17445019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmp/jhs008     Document Type: Article

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