An Introductory Philosophy of Medicine
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4020-6796-9 (ISBN)
The book’s unique features include a comprehensive coverage of the various topics in the philosophy of medicine that have emerged over the past several decades and a philosophical context for embedding bioethical discussions. The book’s target audiences include both undergraduate and graduate students, as well as healthcare professionals and professional philosophers.
“This book is the 99th issue of the Series Philosophy and Medicine…and it can be considered a crown of thirty years of intensive and dynamic discussion in the field. We are completely convinced that after its publication, it can be finally said that undoubtedly the philosophy of medicine exists as a special field of inquiry.”
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.
From the reviews:
“James Marcum’s An Introductory Philosophy of Medicine provides a comprehensive overview of philosophical issues in medicine. … The book provides clear explanations of a number of philosophical issues relevant to medical research and practice as well as covering a number of more general philosophical issues relevant to philosophy of medicine. … Overall, this book is an important contribution. … for academics or health professionals, interested in philosophy of medicine and Marcum has done a great service by providing an excellent introduction to the field.” (Robyn Bluhm, Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, August, 2009)
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 29.5.2008 |
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Reihe/Serie | Philosophy and Medicine ; 99 |
Zusatzinfo | XVI, 376 p. |
Verlagsort | New York, NY |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4020-6796-8 / 1402067968 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4020-6796-9 / 9781402067969 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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