Handbook of Analytic Philosophy of Medicine
Part of the Philosophy and Medicine book series (PHME, volume 113)
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About this book
Introduction
Medical practice is practiced morality, and clinical research belongs to normative ethics. The present book elucidates and advances this thesis by: 1. analyzing the structure of medical language, knowledge, and theories; 2. inquiring into the foundations of the clinical encounter; 3. introducing the logic and methodology of clinical decision-making; 4. suggesting comprehensive theories of organism, life, and psyche; of health, illness, and disease; of etiology, diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, and therapy; and 5. investigating the moral and metaphysical issues central to medical practice and research.
Keywords
Logic and Methodology of Medicine Medical Epistemology and Metaphysics Philosophy of Medicine The Logic of Clinical Decision-Making Theories of Disease, Diagnosis, and Therapy
Bibliographic information
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2260-6
- Copyright Information Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012
- Publisher Name Springer, Dordrecht
- eBook Packages Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
- Print ISBN 978-94-007-2259-0
- Online ISBN 978-94-007-2260-6
- Series Print ISSN 0376-7418
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