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Presence in the Flesh

The Body in Medicine

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$65.00 • £56.95 • €59.95

ISBN 9780674701816

Publication Date: 06/15/1997

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6 x 9 inches

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  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface: Presence, Fleshly and Otherwise
  • 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
  • Note on Transcription
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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