The Perspective of Embodiment in Healthcare - 1142 Words

The ways in which the perspective of ‘embodiment’ enable the patient and the healthcare practitioner to understand and intervene holistically in the case of breast cancer Introduction In this essay I will discuss the perspective of embodiment, I will discuss breast cancer and its prevalence, and I will also discuss the holistic approach of embodiment in the case of breast cancer. I will outline the strongpoints and also the weak points of the holistic approach in the case of breast cancer. I will also outline the 4 bodies that make up the theory of embodiment, which are the phenomenological bodies, physiological body, the social body, and the clinical body. I will discuss the factors affecting South African women who have breast cancer; I will also discuss the common mistakes that healthcare practitioners do in the case of breast cancer. 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