An Introductory Philosophy of Medicine Humanizing Modern 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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Marcum, James A. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edición:1st ed. 2008.
Colección:Philosophy and Medicine, 99
Temas:
Medical sciences.
Medicine-Philosophy.
Medicine-Research.
Biology-Research.
Knowledge, Theory of.
Ethics.
Metaphysics.
Health Sciences.
Philosophy of Medicine.
Biomedical Research.
Epistemology.
Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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