TY - CHAP
T1 - An Ethics of Embodiment: The Body as Object and Subject
AU - Slatman, J.
AU - Widdershoven, G.
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - Most medical interventions are aimed at the body: the body in pain, the sick body, the infected body, the wounded body, the old body, the dysfunctioning body, the fat body, the paralyzed body, the disfigured body, the athletic body, the pregnant body etc. Medical practices intend to cure, nurse or enhance the body—whether it is sick, impaired, at risk, or healthy. They seek to prevent, release or alleviate physical suffering.
AB - Most medical interventions are aimed at the body: the body in pain, the sick body, the infected body, the wounded body, the old body, the dysfunctioning body, the fat body, the paralyzed body, the disfigured body, the athletic body, the pregnant body etc. Medical practices intend to cure, nurse or enhance the body—whether it is sick, impaired, at risk, or healthy. They seek to prevent, release or alleviate physical suffering.
U2 - 10.1007/978-94-017-9870-9_6
DO - 10.1007/978-94-017-9870-9_6
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-94-017-9869-3
T3 - Philosophy and Medicine
SP - 87
EP - 104
BT - Medicine and Society, New Perspectives in Continental Philosophy
A2 - Meacham, D.
PB - Springer
CY - Dordrecht
ER -