Embodiment is a promising of recent origin area for theory development, unless several issues impair its evolution, including confusion above terminology and a lack of organization of existing literature. Embodiment is defined, based onward the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty. Works of scholars and present debate about embodiment are summarized. Embodied meanings of illness are explored in space of times of their relevance for nursing. key-note words: attitude to illness, chronic disease, embodiment, holistic health, nursing, nursing theory, philosophy
EMBODIMENT is not a theory, or a clump of theories, but a
