Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Causal thinking and causal language in health care: Introduction to the theme

  • Thematic Section
  • Published:
Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Ayer, A.J.: 1994, ‘The Central Questions of Philosophy’, in: A Dictionary of Philosophical Quotations. Oxford: Blackwell

  • Bambrough, R.: 1984, ‘The scope of Reason: An Epistle to the Persians’, in: S.C. Brown (ed.), Objectivity and Cultural Divergence. CUP

  • Cartwright N. (2004). Causation: One Word, Many Things. Philosophy of Science 71:805–819

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • The Royal Society: 2005, Pharmacogenetics: the hopes and realities of personalised medicines – A guide for health professionals. The Royal Society September 2005. Report downloadable: http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Centre for Applied Ethics, Cardiff University, PO Box 94, Cardiff, CF10 3XB, UK

    David Badcott

Authors
  1. David Badcott
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to David Badcott.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Badcott, D. Causal thinking and causal language in health care: Introduction to the theme. Med Health Care Philos 9, 269–271 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-006-9004-8

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-006-9004-8

Keywords

Search

Navigation