Acute pain infliction as therapy
This essay begins with the observation that acute pain infliction is central to the therapeutic process in Chinese acupuncture. The common biomedical explanation for this is 'counter-irritation', yet this essay suggests that an acute pain event can cause a bodily felt, immediate social con...
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LIT Verlag, Münster
2005
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