Conspicuous, Obtrusive and Obstinate: A Phenomenology of the Ill Body

Philosophy and Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue , 2015, Pages 105-123

  Carel, Havi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body Schema; Healthy Body; Illness Experience; Objective Body; Phantom Limb

Indexed keywords

EID: 85094962679     PISSN: 03767418     EISSN: 22150080     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-9870-9_7     Document Type: Chapter

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