The Meaning of Illness: A Phenomenological Account of the Different Perspectives of Physician and Patient (Philosophy and Medicine, 42)

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 author provides a detailed account of the way in which illness and body are apprehended differently by doctor and patient. This title has been awarded the first Edwin Goodwin Ballard Prize in Phenomenology.