Overview

This volume takes an interdisciplinary approach to health. It considering what the authors call the 'seven enigmas' facing the health practitioner, namely the enigmas of diagnosis; symptomology; causation; healing; prevention; intervention/treatment/therapy and finally rehabilitation.

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Author:   Roy Bhaskar ,  Berth Danermark (Orebro University, Sweden) ,  Leigh Price (Rhodes University, South Africa)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.420kg
ISBN:  

9780415403719

ISBN 10:   0415403715
Pages:   174
Publication Date:   21 June 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction Part I: Antinomies of Mainstream Interdisciplinarity 2. Overview of the Contemporary Literature 3. Contemporary Ways to Justify Interdisciplinarity Part II: A Critical Realist General Theory of Interdisciplinarity 4. Core Concepts of Critical Realism 5. Critical Realism and Social Science 6. The Ontological Case for Interdisciplinarity 7. The Seven Steps to a Deeper Understanding of Ontology 8. Critical Realism and the Alternative Metatheories/Methodologies Part III: Applied Interdisciplinary Research 9. Biophysical Interventions Are Not Enough: the Hidden (Holistic) Healing Ensemble 10. The Seven Enigmas of Healing 11. The Biopsychosocial Approach, with Special Reference to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health 12. The Practical Organization of Interdisciplinary Co-operation 13. Understanding Methodological Imperialism 14. Interdisciplinarity in Action: Explaining the Epidemiology of HIV 15. Concluding Considerations

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This book is the definitive critical realist account, in accessible prose, of what science must do to maximize its understanding of the world, and in particular human wellbeing and flourishing. Mervyn Hartwig, editor and principal author of Dictionary of Critical Realism

This book is the definitive critical realist account, in accessible prose, of what science must do to maximize its understanding of the world, and in particular human wellbeing and flourishing. Mervyn Hartwig, editor and principal author of Dictionary of Critical Realism

This book is the definitive critical realist account, in accessible prose, of what science must do to maximize its understanding of the world, and in particular human wellbeing and flourishing. Mervyn Hartwig, editor and principal author of Dictionary of Critical Realism

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Centre for Critical Realism, London, UK Orebro University, Sweden

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