Medicine as a Scholarly Field: An Introduction

This book exposes, and fills, a notable void in the educational content generally covered in modern schools of medicine. It provides an introduction to the field at large in terms of content that is relevant for each of the specialties and subspecialties of medicine; and to this end, it addresses th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miettinen, O.S (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword, preface, acknowledgments, Part I. Preamble
  • The genesis of modern medicine
  • how to introduce modern medicine
  • Part II. General concepts of medicine
  • General concepts of the objects of medicine
  • General concepts of medicine itself.-Part III. General principles of medicine
  • Ethical principles of medicine
  • Part IV. Pursuing excellence in medicine
  • Defining attainable excellence
  • Pursuing attainable excellence
  • Part V. Epilogue
  • 9. The meaning of it all
  • Appendices.