Humanizing Modern Medicine An Introductory Philosophy of Medicine /

In this book the author explores the shifting philosophical boundaries of modern medical knowledge and practice occasioned by the crisis of quality-of-care, especially in terms of the various humanistic adjustments to the biomedical model. To that end he examines the metaphysical, epistemological, a...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Marcum, James A. (Συγγραφέας)
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
Σειρά:Philosophy and Medicine ; 99
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Metaphysics
  • Medical Worldviews
  • Medical Causation and Realism
  • Patient as Body or Person
  • Disease or Illness and Health or Wellbeing
  • Diagnosis and Therapeutics
  • Epistemology
  • Medical Thinking
  • Clinical Judging and Decision Making
  • Medical Explanations
  • Diagnostic Knowledge
  • Therapeutic Knowledge
  • Ethics
  • Medical Axiology and Values
  • Origins of Bioethics and Normative Ethics
  • Principlism and the Future of Bioethics
  • Emotionally Detached Concern or Empathic Care
  • Patient-Physician Relationships.