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Fictional Experiences

Fictional Experiences Literature, poetry, or other story forms serve as a resource of experiences to which the phenomenologist may turn to increase practical insights. Fictional literature, such as novels and short stories, are sometimes excellent sources for...

Field, Peggy-Anne. Giving an Injection

Giving an Injection Field, Peggy-Anne What is it like to give an injection? What is it like to hurt another human being? What is it like to violate someone else’s body in this way? Here is a personal account of one registered nurse’s experience of giving an injection:...

Flickinger, Aprile. Therapeutic Listening

Therapeutic Listening Flickinger, Aprile How does a therapist listen to people in need? Is there a unique way of therapeutic listening different from the way in which people usually listen to each other? At first glance this may seem an odd question. Listening is a...

Foucault, Michel Paul

Foucault, Michel Paul, (1926-1984), French philosopher and sexologist. Professor of the history of systems of thought, College de France (from 1970); a leading French intellectual. Works included Madness and Civilization (1961), a study of madness and its treatment in...