This inspirational book provides the philosophical backbone tocountless courses for health professionals. It poses twofundamental questions - "What is health?" and "How can more healthbe achieved?" - and answers them at a depth unmatched by any othertext in this field. David Seedhouse shows that these questions lieat the heart of health practice, and explains why all healthworkers should ponder them deeply. This second edition retains the freshness and enthusiasm of thefirst, while making the foundations theory and its practicalapplications clearer and (...) more accessible than ever. The bookincludes additional material and discussion, new case studies andrevised illustrations. * Describes and explores competing theories of health * Establishes a practical and ethical foundation for healthpromotion and education * Explains the foundations theory - a novel and comprehensive wayto understand health * Shows how the foundations theory might be used to create morehumane health services. (shrink)

This accessible introduction to phenomenology for nurses explains what has become one of the most widely used qualitative research methods within healthcare.

Annotation. Manen (philosophy of education, Alberta) introduces an approach to quantitative research methodology in education and related fields that is based on ordinary situations of people in educational situations, rather than being derived from behavioral or natural sciences, as is more common. Provides a detailed description of the methodology, and examples of hermeneutic-phenomenological inquiry for gaining experimental material from which to construct textual questions. Paper edition (unseen), $16.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

The Primacy of Caring is unique and remarkable, not only because it eludes classification within the curricular and practice arenas of professional nursing, but also because it offers a totally new view of stress, coping, and caring. The authors define and describe the essence of nursing practice, and make visible and powerful the hidden expertise of that practice.

We are even less aware of our internal organs and the physiological processes that keep us alive. In this fascinating work, Drew Leder examines all the ways in which the body is absent—forgotten, alien, uncontrollable, obscured.

From FRANZ BRENTANO's manuscripts for his Vienna lectures 1888/89. Photo by his son, Dr. John CM Brentano, Highland Park, Illinois...

Sartre explains the theory of existential psychoanalysis in this treatise on human reality.

Aims to help paractiyioners to; promote excellence in the delivery of health care, function more effectively at work; respond to changes in health care; relate theory to practice; meet new standards for continuing education in the U.K.

Welcome to the world of cutting-edge math, physics, and neuroscience, where the search for the ultimate vacuum, the point of nothingness, ground zero of theory, has rendered the universe deep, rich, and juicy. "Modern physics has animated the void," says K. C. Cole in her entrancing journey into the heart of Nothing. Every time scientists and mathematicians think they have reached the ultimate void, new stuff appears: a black hole, an undulating string, an additional dimension of space or time, repulsive (...) anti-gravity, universes that breed like bunnies. Cole's exploration at the edge of everything is as animated and exciting as the void itself. Take Cole's hand on this adventure into the unknown, and you'll come back informed, amused, and excited. (shrink)

A guide to the reading of Heidegger's Being and time. Gelven provides a thorough and authoritative approach to one of the most significant philosophical works of the twentieth century.