Existential Health Psychology The Blind-spot in Healthcare /

• Main Author: Whitehead, Patrick M. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Existential psychology.; Psychotherapy.; Counseling.; Health administration.; Humanism.; Psychiatry.; Existential approach.; Psychotherapy and Counseling.; Health Administration.

"Patrick Whitehead offers a timely expose of a glaring omission in Western healthcare. The Blind Spot, which healthcare itself cannot see, is the human being and the sheer lived experience of the sufferer. Whitehead cogently argues why the experiential being needs to be reestablished in healthc...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction: The Blind-spot in Medicine
• 2. A History of Medical Care
• 3. Reality and Medicine
• 4. Existence and Health
• 5. Medicalization
• 6. Existential Health Psychology
• 7. Post-Concussion Syndrome: An Exemplar
• 8. Conclusion: Caring for the Human Being-An Outline for Applied Existential Health Psychology.