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Leo H. Visser

1 paper in the library · 39 citations · publishing 2018

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The Mindful Body: A Phenomenology of the Body With Multiple Sclerosis

Qualitative Health Research September 10, 2018 Hanneke van der Meide, Truus Teunissen, P.R. Collard et al. 39 citations

For people living with multiple sclerosis (MS), one's own body may no longer be taken for granted but may become instead an insistent presence. In this article, we describe how the body experience of people with MS can reflect an ongoing oscillation between four experiential dimensions: bodily uncertainty, having a precious body, being a different body, and the mindful body. People with MS can...