Phenomenology and the clinical event

Richard Zaner

pp. 39-66

in: Mano Daniel, Lester Embree (eds), Phenomenology of the cultural disciplines, Berlin, Springer, 1994

Abstract

Attention to the clinical event for its own sake and as an exemplification are distinguished. Several of its essential features are delineated: situational and contextual determinants, complex asymmetry, inherently moral character, and reflexive nature of any clinical event. Dialogue is suggested as illuminating each of these features.