Search for dissertations about: "lived-body"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 swedish dissertations containing the word lived-body.
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1. Living with irritable bowel syndrome : A patient perspective on everyday life, health care encounters and patient education
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2. The structure of knowing : Existential trust as an epistemological category
Abstract : This thesis investigates the structure of knowing, and it argues that existential trust is an epistemological category.The aim of the dissertation is to develop a view according to which all human activity is seen as an activity of a lived body, and in which the understanding of the structure of such activity is regarded as central for the solution even of epistemological problems. READ MORE
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3. The Mysterious Life of the Body : A New look at Psychosomatics
Abstract : The aim of this study is to critically examine traditional psychosomatic theories, paying special attention to certain philosophical issues such as the mind-body problem and efficacious mechanisms of interaction between meaning, understood as psychosocial factors, and that which is traditionally called "body" (the material, objectified body). Afterwards, an alternative psychosomatic theory is worked out, drawing inspiration from the phenomenology of Maurice Merleau-Ponty. READ MORE
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4. Learning to live with diabetes : as experiencing an expanding life world
Abstract : Introduction: Chronic illness, such as diabetes, results in a transition process involving a variety of changes in both bodily function and conditions for living, and requiring broad knowledge and understanding in order to meet new demands. The outcomes of a healthy transition are described as well-being and mastery, in contrast to vulnerability and dependency. READ MORE
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5. Affect-focused body psychotherapy for patients with generalised anxiety disorder
Abstract : Introduction and aims: This thesis investigates Affect-focused Body Psychotherapy (ABP) for patients with Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD). ABP has demonstrated good results in patients with chronic pain, but its effect has not been empirically tested in psychiatric disorders. READ MORE