Risch Andreas.pdf - Osteopathic Research

15 Englische Kurzzusammenfassung
Outline:
“Health as Metaphor”
What are the concepts of health of German speaking
osteopaths with an academic background?
(a brief summary in English)
1 Introduction………………………………………………………………………………115
2 Paradigms, Models, Definitions for Health…………………………………………...116
3 Osteopathy and Health…………………………………………………………………116
4 Metaphor and Modern Metaphor Theories…………………………………………..117
4.1 Conceptual metaphors and metaphoric concepts………………………………...118
4.2 Characteristics and functions of metaphors……………………………………….119
4.2.1 Hiding and Highlighting…………………………………………………………….119
5 Summary and critical aspects of the metaphor theory of Lakoff/Johnson………..120
6 Question and Hypothesis………………………………………………………………120
6.1 Question of Research………………………………………………………………..120
6.2 Hypothesis and preliminary assumptions………………………………………….121
7 Methodology: Metaphor Analysis……………………………………………………..121
7.1 Subjects………………………………………………………………………………..121
7.2 Method…………………………………………………………………………………122
8 Results…………………………………………………………………………………...123
8.1 Quantitative Analysis…………………………………………………………………123
8.2 Qualitative Analysis…………………………………………………………………..127
9 Discussion……………………………………………………………………………….130
9.1 Summary of Findings…………………………………………………………………134
10 Conclusions…………………………………………………………………………….135
11 Acknowledgements……………………………………………………………………137
12 References……………………………………………………………………………..137