Gadamer’s ‘apologia for the art of healing’: an application to gerontological nursing practice

This paper will discuss Hans-George Gadamer’s ‘The Enigma of Health’ Chapter 2, ‘Apologia for the Art of Healing’s (1965). In this chapter, Gadamer defends the art of healing as essentially an ability to reproduce and re-establish the health of an ill person. He considers modern medicine’s progressi...

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Main Author: Mitchell, Mitzi G. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2007
In: Nursing philosophy
Year: 2007, Volume: 8, Issue: 2, Pages: 128-132
Further subjects:B Gerontology
B Health
B Gadamer
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