Amputation in the perception of those who experience it: a study under the phenomenological La amputación bajo la percepción de quien la vive: un estudio desde la óptica fenomenológica A amputação na percepção de quem a vivencia: um estudo sob a ótica fenomenológica

This study aimed to understand the implications and feelings associated with the experience of amputation. The literature review allowed the knowledge of this phenomenon under several perspectives, besides the appropriation of some ideas of the philosopher Merleau-Ponty about body and perception. Af...

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Main Authors: Gislaine Cristina de Oliveira Chini, Magali Roseira Boemer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2007-04-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692007000200021