Disembodiment: The phenomenology of the body in medical examinations

Young, Katharine

doi:10.1515/semi.1989.73.1-2.43

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“…Turner has pointed out that both the German tradition of philosophical anthropology and Merleau-Ponty's work, grounded in Husserlian philosophy (174), point toward a phenomenology of embodiment that is relevant to the social sciences (23; see also 194,195). Several anthropologists have used phenomenological theory as a starting point to counter what they see as the mistaken enterprise of interpreting embodied experience in terms of cognitive and linguistic models of interpretation (31,43,73,89,256). Jackson, for example, is concerned that the semantically produced body is reduced to the status of a sign, which is both epistemologically unsound and renders the body passive (109:124).…”

Section: Embodiment: Subjectivity and The Social Ordermentioning

confidence: 99%

Cultivating the Body: Anthropology and Epistemologies of Bodily Practice and Knowledge

Lock¹

1993

Annu. Rev. Anthropol.

519

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Section: Embodiment: Subjectivity and The Social Ordermentioning

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Cultivating the Body: Anthropology and Epistemologies of Bodily Practice and Knowledge

Lock¹

1993

Annu. Rev. Anthropol.

519

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“…The rationale of our study relies on previous empirical research [ 22 , 23 ] about body work in CAM and the disembodiment process in medical examination. The expression ‘ body work ’ refers to the work of healthcare providers that involves a distinctive and often intimate relation to the bodies of consumers, clients or patients [ 24 ].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Evaluation of the acceptability of Peer Physical Examination (PPE) in medical and osteopathic students: a cross sectional survey

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BackgroundPeer physical examination (PPE) is a method of training in medical and osteopathic curricula. The aim of this study was to compare the acceptability of PPE in two classes of medical and osteopathic students after their first experience, to obtain comparative information useful for an understanding of the different professional approaches. The leading hypothesis was that osteopathic students enter the curriculum with a more positive attitude to bodily contact.As a secondary aim, this study validated the new version of a questionnaire to assess the acceptability of PPE.MethodsA new version of a previously validated questionnaire and an instrument from the literature (the Examining Fellow Student [EFS] questionnaire) were used for a cross-sectional survey in a class of 129 3rd year medical students and in two parallel classes of 1st year osteopathic students (total of 112 students).ResultsThe mean score of the new questionnaire was significantly higher for the osteopathic students than for the medical students (53.4 ± 6.3 vs. 43.4 ± 8.9; p < 0.01). The only independent variables that were significantly predictive of the score in a linear regression analysis were gender and the condition of medical or osteopathic student. The EFS mean score also showed a significant difference between the osteopathic and medical students (30.76 ± 2.9 vs. 27.85 ± 4.3; p < 0.01).Factor analysis of the new questionnaire identified three factors (appropriateness and usefulness, sexual implications and passive role) accounting for 62.8% of the variance. Criterion validity was assessed by correlation with the EFS (Pearson’s r coefficient = 0.61). Reliability was expressed in terms of Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, which equals 0.86.ConclusionsThese quantitative results are consistent with previous qualitative research on the process of embodiment both in medicine and osteopathy. The new questionnaire proved to be valid and reliable. The objective assessment of the acceptability of PPE is a way to determine differences in students’ attitudes towards contact with the body and can be used for counselling students regarding career choice. This study can also highlight differences between students from different professions and serve as a basis for reflection for improved mutual interprofessional understanding and future interprofessional education.

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“…Some manuals for the practice of auscultation and percussion contain recommendations for physicians concerning how to ask the patient for permission to undertake an examination and how to explain their value (Locher 1853: 165-6). These were emerging forms of interaction which are very similar to the 'etiquette' of examination as described by Katherine Young in a study of contemporary bodily examinations (Young 1989). In particular, the use of stethoscopes was often considered a matter of 'etiquette'.…”

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Between Scrutiny and Treatment: Physical Diagnosis and the Restructuring of 19th Century Medical Practice

Lachmund

1998

Sociology Health & Illness

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Disembodiment: The phenomenology of the body in medical examinations

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Cultivating the Body: Anthropology and Epistemologies of Bodily Practice and Knowledge

Cultivating the Body: Anthropology and Epistemologies of Bodily Practice and Knowledge

Evaluation of the acceptability of Peer Physical Examination (PPE) in medical and osteopathic students: a cross sectional survey

Between Scrutiny and Treatment: Physical Diagnosis and the Restructuring of 19th Century Medical Practice

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