Presence in the flesh : the body in medicine / Katharine Young.

  • Young, Katharine Galloway.
Date:
1997
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Publication/Creation

Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 1997.

Physical description

xiii, 199 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents

Introduction: the phenomenology of the body in medicine -- Disembodiment: internal medicine -- Perceptual modalities: gynecology -- Deciphering signs: surgery -- Still life with corpse: pathology -- Conclusion: the making of the medical body -- Coda: perspectives on embodiment.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-191) and index.

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ISBN

  • 067470181X
  • 9780674701816