Meaning of Illness A Phenomenological Account of the Different Perspectives of Physician and Patient

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.Toombs, S. Kay is the author of 'Meaning of Illness A Phenomenological Account of the Different Perspectives of Physician and Patient' with ISBN 9780792315704 and ISBN 0792315707.