Merleau-Ponty's sexual schema and the sexual component of body integrity identity disorder

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 171-184

  de Preester, Helena ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Apotemnophilia; BIID; Body image; Lived body; Merleau Ponty; Sexual schema

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876056658     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-011-9367-3     Document Type: Review

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