Interpretive Phenomenology: Embodiment, Caring, and Ethics in Health and Illness

Book Overview

Patricia Benner′s philosophical introduction to phenomenology develops the reader′s understanding of the strategies and processes involved in this approach to human science. Contributors to the volume discuss the constitutive relationships between theory and practice, consider the possibility of a science of caring from a feminist perspective, introduce interpretive phenomenology for studying natural groups such as families, and suggest...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803957238
• ISBN13: 9780803957237
• Release Date: May 1994
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 386 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"