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