The meaning of illness
Subtitle: a phenomenological account of the different perspectives of physician and patient
By: by S. Kay Toombs.
Series: Philosophy and medicine ;; v. 42
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Dordrecht; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 161
Subjects: Sick -- Psychology; Physicians -- Psychology; Medicine and psychology; Physician and patient; Phenomenological psychology; Disease -- psychology; Physician-Patient Relations
Description: Provides a phenomenological account of the experience of illness and the manner in which meaning is constituted by the patient and the physician. Rather than representing a shared reality between doctor and patient, illness represents two quite distinct realities - the meaning of one being significantly and qualitatively different from the meaning of the other. Drawing upon insights derived from psychological phenomenology, the author explores this difference and provides a detailed account of the way in which illness and body are apprehended differently by doctor and patient.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.