Overview
- The first and unique reference work on Analytic Philosophy of Medicine:
- Philosophy and methodology of medical language
- Philosophy and methodology of clinical practice
- Medical epistemology
- Medical logic; extensive application of different systems of logic, including fuzzy logic, to medicine
- Medical metaphysics Introduction to numerous systems of logic for use in medicine, philosophy of medicine, and medical computer science
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Philosophy and Medicine (PHME, volume 113)
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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.
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Table of contents (30 chapters)
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Medical Epistemology
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Medical Epistemology
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Medical Deontics
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Book Title: Handbook of Analytic Philosophy of Medicine
Authors: Kazem Sadegh-Zadeh
Series Title: Philosophy and Medicine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2260-6
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-2260-6Published: 28 September 2011
Series ISSN: 0376-7418
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0080
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXII, 1125
Topics: Philosophy of Medicine, Medicine/Public Health, general, Computational Biology/Bioinformatics