The body in medical thought and practice

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Kluwer Academic Publishers (1992)
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This is the first volume to systematically explore the range of contemporary thought concerning the body and draw out its crucial implications for medicine.

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0792316576   9780792316572   9048141400

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Why aren't more doctors phenomenologists.Richard Baron
The body of the future.Eric J. Cassell
The body in multiple sclerosis: A patient's perspective'.S. Kay-Toombs
A tale of two bodies: the Cartesian corpse and the lived body.Drew Leder
Obesity, objectification, and identity: The encounter with the body as an object in obesity.Donald Moss
The body with aids: A post-structuralist approach.Julien S. Murphy
Foucault's political body in medical praxis.Carole Spitzack
A Confucian perspective on embodiment.Tu Wei-Ming
On the body in medical self-care and holistic medicine.Anthony Weston
Breasted experience: The look and the feeling.Iris Marion Young
Parted Bodies, Departed Souls: The Body in Ancient Medicine and Anatomy.Richard M. Zaner

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