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Medical philosophy : a philosophical analysis of patient self-perception in diagnostics and therapy /
This innovative book clarifies the distinction between philosophy of medicine and medical philosophy, expanding the focus from the 'knowing that' of the first to the 'knowing how' of the latter. The idea of patient and provider self-discovery becomes the method and strategy at th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Stuttgart :
Ibidem-Verlag,
[2016]
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| Colección: | Studies in medical philosophy ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Introduction by William Tobey Horn; Introduction; Chapter 1 A brief history of Medical Philosophy; 1.1 General Aspects; 1.2 Application and epistemological considerations; a) Defining the questions; b) Medicine as art, science, and technology; c) Self-Image, Academic Achievement, Healing Process; Chapter 2 Philosophy as basic approach to Medicine; 2.1 Hermeneutics and Evidence-Based Medicine; 2.2 Truth in Method; a) Understanding the Language; b) Clinical Reasoning.
- C) Medicine and Psychology: philosophical background and scientific methodChapter 3 Between Neuroscience and Phenomenology; 3.1 Hegel, Merleau-Ponty and Natural Religion: where are we now?; 3.2 Theoretically grounded, empirically supported: The mind-brain problem; a) An analysis of terms; b) Suggesting a model; c) Explanation of the goal; Chapter 4 The patient at the center of therapy; 4.1 Patient's communication, perception and self-perception; 4.2 The search for meaning; a) Human, All Too Human; b) Experimental Philosophy; c) Mirror, Mirror on the Wall.
- Chapter 5 Complementary, Alternative, Traditional Medicine5.1 I shall please, I will please; 5.2 Integrating, complementing, completing; a) A logical examination: Central Medicine; b) Efficacy, Efficiency, Effectiveness; c) Culture and Identity; Chapter 6 Beyond the realms of this world; 6.1 Camus, Sartre, and God: where are we now?; 6.2 Alfa et Omega, Diagnosis et Prognosis:; a) The time of our life; b) Multiple perspectives; c) Near Death Experience and a Mindful Awareness; Chapter 7 Translational science; 7.1 Taxonomic considerations; 7.2 Applied Medical Philosophy; a) The Third Way.
- B) Finding Balancec) Research and beyond; Conclusion; Afterword; Appendix Empirical Research at the University of Vermont Medical Center; References and Further Readings; 1. Bibliography; 2. Quoted Works; 3. Other Sources.