Handbook of Phenomenology and Medicine (Philosophy and Medicine, 68)

As The Fields Of Philosophy Of Medicine And Bioethics Have Developed In The United States, The Philosophical Perspective Of Phenomenology Has Been Largely Ignored. Yet, The Central Conviction That Informs This Volume Is That Phenomenology Provides Extraordinary Insights Into Many Of The Issues That Are Directly Addressed Within The World Of Medicine. Such Issues Include: The Nature Of Medicine Itself; The Distinction Between Immediate Experience And Scientific Conceptualization; The Nature Of The Body - And The Implications Of Embodiment In The Realm Of Clinical Practice; The Meaning Of Health, Illness And Disease; The Problem Of Intersubjectivity - Particularly With Respect To Achieving Successful Communication With Another; The Complexity Of Decision-making In The Clinical Context (and In The Realm Of Medical Ethics); The Possibility Of Empathic Understanding; The Theory And Method Of Clinical Practice; And The Essential Characteristics Of The Therapeutic Relationship - I.e. The Relationship Between The Sick Person And The One Who Professes To Help. Some Of The Authors Who Have Contributed To This Volume Are Philosophers, Some Are Engaged In Other Academic Disciplines, And Several Are Practicing Healthcare Professionals. Their Essays Demonstrate That Phenomenology Can Be An Invaluable Practical Tool, Not Only For Those Who Are Interested In The Philosophy Of Medicine, But For All Healthcare Professionals Who Are Actively Engaged In The Care Of The Sick.--book Jacket. Temporality And Illness / John B. Brough -- Lifeworld And Scientific Interpretation / Patrick A. Heelan -- Medicine And The Phenomenological Method / Frances Chaput Waksler -- Phenomenology Of Health And Illness / Fredrik Svenaeus -- Disease / Per Sundström -- Thinking About Medicine / Richard M. Zaner -- Dimensions Of Embodiment / Shaun Gallagher -- Female Embodiment And Clinical Practice / Maureen Connolly -- Emotion And Embodiment Within The Medical World / Glen A. Mazis -- Body, Music, And Healing / Bruce Wilshire -- Experiencing Illness Through Storytelling / Arthur W. Frank -- Reflections On Bodily Change / S. Kay Toombs -- Lived Experience Of Pain In The Context Of Clinical Practice / Irena Madjar -- Lived Experience Of Mental Illness / Jo Ann Walton -- Grasping The Existential Anatomy / Carl Edvard Rudebeck -- Many Faces Of The Clinic / Paul Komesaroff -- Focusing On Lived Experience / Ian R. Mcwhinney -- Phenomenon Of Care / Patricia Benner -- Phenomenon Of Suffering And Its Relationship To Pain / Eric J. Cassell -- Imagining A Fetus / Mark J. Bliton -- On Bodily Autonomy / Catriona Mackenzie -- Medical Feeding / Michael C. Brannigan -- Professional Practice And Doing Phenomenology / Max Van Manen -- From Dis-ability To Difference / Christina Papadimitriou. Edited By S. Kay Toombs. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-vii Introduction: Phenomenology and Medicine....Pages 1-26 Front Matter....Pages 27-27 Temporality and Illness: A Phenomenological Perspective....Pages 29-46 The Lifeworld and Scientific Interpretation....Pages 47-66 Medicine and the Phenomenological Method....Pages 67-86 The Phenomenology of Health and Illness....Pages 87-108 Disease: The Phenomenological and Conceptual Center of Practical-Clinical Medicine....Pages 109-126 Thinking about Medicine....Pages 127-144 Front Matter....Pages 145-145 Dimensions of Embodiment: Body Image and Body Schema in Medical Contexts....Pages 147-175 Female Embodiment and Clinical Practice....Pages 177-196 Emotion and Embodiment within the Medical World....Pages 197-214 The Body, Music, and Healing....Pages 215-225 Front Matter....Pages 227-227 Experiencing Illness Through Storytelling....Pages 229-245 Reflections on Bodily Change: The Lived Experience of Disability....Pages 247-261 The Lived Experience of Pain in the Context of Clinical Practice....Pages 263-277 The Lived Experience of Mental Illness....Pages 279-293 Front Matter....Pages 295-295 Grasping the Existential Anatomy: The Role of Bodily Empathy in Clinical Communication....Pages 297-316 The Many Faces of the Clinic: A Levinasian View....Pages 317-330 Focusing on Lived Experience: The Evolution of Clinical Method in Western Medicine....Pages 331-350 The Phenomenon of Care....Pages 351-369 The Phenomenon of Suffering and its Relationship to Pain....Pages 371-390 Front Matter....Pages 391-391 Imagining a Fetus: Insights from Talking with Pregnant Women about their Decisions to Undergo Open-Uterine Fetal Surgery....Pages 393-415 On Bodily Autonomy....Pages 417-439 Medical Feeding: Applying Husserl and Merleau-Ponty....Pages 441-454 Front Matter....Pages 455-455 Professional Practice and ‘Doing Phenomenology’....Pages 457-474 From Dis-Ability to Difference: Conceptual and Methodological Issues in the Study of Physical Disability....Pages 475-492 Back Matter....Pages 493-502 Some of the authors who have contributed to this volume are philosophers, some are engaged in other academic disciplines, and several are practicing healthcare professionals. Their essays demonstrate that because phenomenology provides extraordinary insights into many of the issues that are directly addressed within the world of medicine it can be an invaluable practical tool, not only for those who are interested in the philosophy of medicine, but for all healthcare professionals who are actively engaged in the care of the sick. Features essays that demonstrate that because phenomenology provides extraordinary insights into many of the issues that are directly addressed within the world of medicine. This title is suitable for those who are interested in the philosophy of medicine, but for all healthcare professionals who are actively engaged in the care of the sick.