Title: The Meaning of Illness
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.
Subjects: Disease, Medicine and psychology, Phenomenological psychology, Physician and patient, Physician-Patient Relations, Physicians, Psychology, Sick, Ziekte, Arzt, Einstellung, Psychologie phenomenologique, Krankheit, Malades, Rollenverhalten, Patient, Medecine et psychologie, Arts-patient-relatie, Relations medecin-patient, Psychologie, Medecins, Medical Philosophy, Médecins, Arts-patiënt-relatie, Relations médecin-patient, Psychologie phénoménologique, Médecine et psychologie, Sick, psychology