| The Hermeneutics of Medicine and the Phenomenology of Health: Steps Towards a Philosophy of Medical Practice 2001 Edition Contributor(s): Svenaeus, F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 079236757X ISBN-13: 9780792367574 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2001 Annotation: 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 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Ethics - Philosophy | Mind & Body - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy |
| Dewey: 610.1 |
| LCCN: 00052051 |
| Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 7.06" W x 9.18" (1.08 lbs) 203 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 |
