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This book is a contribution to the understanding of psychosomatic health problems. Inspired by the work of the French phenomenologist Maurice Merleau-Ponty, a phenomenological theory of psychosomatics is worked out as an alternative to traditional, biomedical thinking. The patient who presents somatic symptoms with no clearly discernible lesion or dysfunction presents a problem to the traditional health care system. These symptoms are medically unexplainable, constituting an anomaly for the materialistic understanding of ill health that underlies the practice of modern medicine. The traditiona

A significant amount of the data used by social scientists emanates from the U.S. Government sector through a number of agencies and programs such as Census, Labor, Education, Social Security, Health and Human Services, and more. Acquiring the additional responsibility for U.S. Government Information subsequent to having data responsibilities brought new perspectives to both areas for this librarian. Among them, a greater respect for the diversity of information, particularly data, produced and distributed by the federal government sector; an appreciation for Title 44 of the U.S. Code and its impact on information accessibility; and the challenges and opportunities for converting U.S. Government Information into an electronic, networked environment. Learning, from the 'documents' side, more about the federal government's nature and structure, new and traditional distribution channels, and nature of information available; have all improved the provision of data services to patrons.