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Technology in Medicine: Ontology, Epistemology, Ethics and Social Philosophy at the Crossroads

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In reference to the different approaches in philosophy(of medicine) of the nature of (medical) technology,this article introduces the topic of this specialissue of Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, that is,the way the different forms of medical technologyfunction in everyday medical practice. The authorselaborate on the active role technology plays inshaping our views on disease, illness, and the body,whence in shaping our world.

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  1. Department of Health Ethics and Philosophy, University of Maastricht, PO Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Rein Vos

  2. Department of Social Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, Free University of Amsterdam, Van der Boechorstraat 7, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Dick L. Willems

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Vos, R., Willems, D.L. Technology in Medicine: Ontology, Epistemology, Ethics and Social Philosophy at the Crossroads. Theor Med Bioeth 21, 1–7 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009903321229

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