Existential foundations of medicine and psychology

Author(s)

• Boss, Medard
• Conway, Stephen
• Cleaves, Anne

Bibliographic Information

Existential foundations of medicine and psychology

by Medard Boss ; translated from the German by Stephen Conway and Anne Cleaves ; with an introduction by Paul J. Stern

J. Aronson, c1994

Other Title

Existential foundations of medicine & psychology

Grundriss der Medizin und der Psychologie

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Examines the psychological nature of non-mental illness and its effect on our "being-in-in-the-world". The author argues that the traditional cause-and-effect approach to illness ignores the patient's long term psychological needs or changes.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA32085131
• ISBN:
  • 1568214200
• LCCN: 84002822
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: ger
• Place of Publication: Northvale, New Jersey ; London
• Pages/Volumes: xxxi, 303 p.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 610.1
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Medicine -- Philosophy
  • LCSH : Medicine, Psychosomatic -- Philosophy
  • LCSH : Medicine and psychology
  • LCSH : Existential psychology