The experience of illness is a universal and substantial part of human existence. Like death, illness raises important philosophical issues. But unlike death, i
Following the core principle of phenomenology as a return 'to the things themselves,' Body Matters attends to the phenomena of bodily afflictions and examines t
What is illness? Is it a physiological dysfunction, a social label, or a way of experiencing the world? How do the physical, social and emotional worlds of a pe
The experience of illness is a universal and substantial part of human existence. Like death, illness raises important philosophical issues. But unlike death, i
This work provides a phenomenological account of the experience of illness and the manner in which meaning is constituted by the patient and the physician. The