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Medicine and Society, New Perspectives in Continental PhilosophyAn Ethics of Embodiment: The Body as Object and Subject

Medicine and Society, New Perspectives in Continental Philosophy: An Ethics of Embodiment: The... [Most medical interventions are aimed at the body: the bodyBody in pain, the sick body, the infected body, the wounded body, the old body, the dysfunctioning body, the fat body, the paralyzed body, the disfigured body, the athletic body, the pregnant body etc. Medical practices intend to cure, nurse or enhance the body—whether it is sick, impaired, at risk, or healthy. They seek to prevent, release or alleviate physical suffering.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Medicine and Society, New Perspectives in Continental PhilosophyAn Ethics of Embodiment: The Body as Object and Subject

Part of the Philosophy and Medicine Book Series (volume 120)
Editors: Meacham, Darian
Slatman, Jenny; Widdershoven, Guy
Medicine and Society, New Perspectives in Continental Philosophy — May 23, 2015
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Springer Netherlands
Copyright
© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015
ISBN
978-94-017-9869-3
Pages
87 –104
DOI
10.1007/978-94-017-9870-9_6
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Abstract

[Most medical interventions are aimed at the body: the bodyBody in pain, the sick body, the infected body, the wounded body, the old body, the dysfunctioning body, the fat body, the paralyzed body, the disfigured body, the athletic body, the pregnant body etc. Medical practices intend to cure, nurse or enhance the body—whether it is sick, impaired, at risk, or healthy. They seek to prevent, release or alleviate physical suffering.]

Published: May 23, 2015

Keywords: Phenomenological Approach; External View; Bodily Integrity; Motor Intentionality; Physical Suffering

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