Only a whisper away. A philosophical view of the awake patient's situation during regional anaesthetics and surgery

In this study the awake patient's intraoperative situation and experiences during regional anaesthetics and surgery are reflected upon by using the work of the French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty. Merleau-Ponty's phenomenological idea of the body as being at the centre of the world hi...

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Authors: Karlsson, Ann-Christin (Author) ; Ekebergh, Margaretha (Author) ; Larsson Mauléon, Annika (Author) ; Almerud Österberg, Sofia (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2012
In: Nursing philosophy
Year: 2012, Volume: 13, Issue: 4, Pages: 257-265
Further subjects:B Phenomenology
B intraoperative experiences
B nursing science
B Merleau-Ponty
B Philosophy
B Case
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