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(1992) The body in medical thought and practice, Dordrecht, Springer.
Though often used interchangeably, the terms, medical 'self-care" and "holistic medicine" are not at all synonymous. Self-care is an attempt by ordinary people to learn and use medical techniques for themselves. It is a reaction to the systematic disempowerment of patients within contemporary medical institutions. But self-care does not necessarily involve a critique of contemporary medical science itself. Holistic medicine, by contrast, does begin with a critique of medical science, and proposes an alternative direction. Holistic medicine rejects not so much a certain social role, I will argue, as a certain metaphysics.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-015-7924-7_5
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Weston, A. (1992)., On the body in medical self-care and holistic medicine, in D. Leder (ed.), The body in medical thought and practice, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 69-84.
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