Medical Humanism, Chronic Illness, and the Body in Pain - An Ecology of Wholeness

With an increasing number of individuals living with chronic illness and pain, integrative approaches offering self-management support are needed. This book proposes a multi-layered framework integrating the body/self/environment that cultivates wholeness as an authentic embodied presence in alignment with a reflexive self.

Sommario

Chapter 1: The Wholeness Project

Chapter 2: A Social Constructionist Epistemology

Chapter 3: The Reflexive Self

Chapter 4: The Embodied Self

Chapter 5: The Discursive Body

Chapter 6: The Material Body

Chapter 7: Time, Change, and Illness Intrusion

Chapter 8: Traditional Health Systems

Chapter 9: Food, Nature, and Body/Self-Integration

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About the Author

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By Vinita Agarwal

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Vinita Agarwal
• Editore: Lexington Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9781498596459
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-9645-9
• Pagine: 328
• Serie: Lexington Studies in Health Co; Lexington Studies in Health Communication
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Pedagogia sociale, assistenza sociale