Rolf Ahlzén

Illness as unhomelike being-in-the-world? Phenomenology and medical practice.

Medicine, Health Care, and Philosophy August 1, 2011 Rolf Ahlzén

Scientific medicine has been successful by ways of an ever more detailed understanding and mastering of bodily functions and dysfunctions. Biomedical research promises new triumphs, but discontent with medical practice is all around. Since several decades this has been acknowledged and discussed. The philosophical traditions of phenomenology and hermeneutics have been proposed as promising ways...