Existential Foundations of Medicine and Psychology
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Existential Foundations of Medicine and Psychology is a seminal work by Swiss psychiatrist Medard Boss that applies existential and phenomenological philosophy to reframe the theoretical and practical bases of both medicine and psychotherapy.
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| Existential Foundations of Medicine and Psychology canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ philosophy of medicine book ⓘ psychiatry book ⓘ psychology book ⓘ |
| aim |
to ground clinical practice in existential-phenomenological ontology
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to reframe the theoretical bases of medicine ⓘ to reframe the theoretical bases of psychotherapy ⓘ |
| author | Medard Boss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Swiss ⓘ |
| contribution |
systematic application of existential phenomenology to medicine
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systematic application of existential phenomenology to psychotherapy ⓘ |
| criticizes |
naturalistic reductionism in medicine
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purely mechanistic models of mental illness ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
holistic understanding of the person
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ontological foundations of clinical concepts ⓘ the lived experience of patients ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Martin Heidegger
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existential philosophy ⓘ phenomenological philosophy ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| mainDiscipline |
clinical psychology
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medicine ⓘ philosophy ⓘ psychiatry ⓘ psychotherapy ⓘ |
| notableFor |
articulating an ontological basis for medical science
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bridging philosophy and clinical practice ⓘ influencing existential and Daseinsanalytic psychotherapy ⓘ |
| philosophicalApproach |
existentialism
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phenomenology ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Heideggerian phenomenology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
existential therapy
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humanistic psychology ⓘ phenomenological psychiatry ⓘ |
| subject |
Daseinsanalysis
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being-in-the-world ⓘ doctor–patient relationship ⓘ existential analysis ⓘ existential psychotherapy ⓘ human existence ⓘ phenomenological psychopathology ⓘ philosophy of medicine ⓘ philosophy of psychiatry ⓘ |
| theoreticalFramework | Daseinsanalytic psychiatry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| translatedInto | English ⓘ |
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