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The Hermeneutics of Medicine and the Phenomenology of Health: Steps Towards a Philosophy of Medical Practice (International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine) [Hardcover]

F. Svenaeus (Author)

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ISBN-10: 079236757X | ISBN-13: 978-0792367574 | Publication Date: April 30, 2001 | Edition: 1

Fredrik Svenaeus' book is a delight to read. Not only does he exhibit keen understanding of a wide range of topics and figures in both medicine and philosophy, but he manages to bring them together in an innovative manner that convincingly demonstrates how deeply these two significant fields can be and, in the end, must be mutually enlightening. Medicine, Svenaeus suggests, reveals deep but rarely explicit themes whose proper comprehension invites a careful phenomenological and hermeneutical explication. Certain philosophical approaches, on the other hand - specifically, Heidegger's phenomenology and Gadamer's hermeneutics - are shown to have a hitherto unrealized potential for making sense of those themes long buried within Western medicine. Richard M. Zaner, Ann Geddes Stahlman Professor of Medical Ethics, Vanderbilt University

#outer_postBodyPS { display: none; } #psGradient { display: none; } #psPlaceHolder { display: none; } #psExpand { display: none; } Fredrik Svenaeus' book is a delight to read. Not only does he exhibit keen understanding of a wide range of topics and figures in both medicine and philosophy, but he manages to bring them together in an innovative manner that convincingly demonstrates how deeply these two significant fields can be and, in the end, must be mutually enlightening. Medicine, Svenaeus suggests, reveals deep but rarely explicit themes whose proper comprehension invites a careful phenomenological and hermeneutical explication. Certain philosophical approaches, on the other hand - specifically, Heidegger's phenomenology and Gadamer's hermeneutics - are shown to have a hitherto unrealized potential for making sense of those themes long buried within Western medicine. Richard M. Zaner, Ann Geddes Stahlman Professor of Medical Ethics, Vanderbilt University

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Hardcover: 216 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (April 30, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 079236757X
ISBN-13: 978-0792367574
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.1 x 0.7 inches
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free fantasy variation, biostatistical theory, attuned understanding, meeting between doctor, applied medical science, medical meeting, vital goals, regained health, modern clinic, clinical meeting, standard circumstances, authentic understanding, clinical encounter, health theory, holistic theory, health theories

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Lain Entralgo, Second World War, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Nicomachean Ethics, Drew Leder, Medard Boss, Zollikoner Seminare, Martin Heidegger

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This book cites 69 books:

The Nicomachean Ethics (Oxford World's Classics) by Aristotle on 4 pages
Medicine and the Five Senses by W. F. Bynum in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
Freud and Philosophy: An Essay on Interpretation (The Terry Lectures) by Paul Ricoeur on page 144, and Back Matter
Hermeneutics and the Human Sciences: Essays on Language, Action and Interpretation by Paul Ricoeur on page 141, and Back Matter
The Goals and Limits of Medicine (Stockholm Health Studies) by Lennart Nordenfelt in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)

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