ISBN:
9789400722606
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XXXII, 1125p, digital)
Series Statement:
Philosophy and Medicine 113
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Sadegh-Zadeh, Kazem Handbook of analytic philosophy of medicine
Keywords:
Philosophy (General)
;
medicine Philosophy
;
Medicine
;
Bioinformatics
;
Philosophy
;
Philosophy (General)
;
medicine Philosophy
;
Medicine
;
Bioinformatics
;
Medizin
;
Philosophie
;
Medizinische Ethik
;
Medizin
;
Philosophie
;
Medizinische Ethik
Abstract:
Medical practice is practiced morality and clinical research belongs to normative ethics. The present book elucidates and advances this thesis by: analyzing the structure of medical language, knowledge, and theories; inquiring into the foundations of the clinical encounter; introducing the logic and methodology of clinical decision-making; suggesting comprehensive theories of organism, life, and psyche; of health, illness, and disease; of etiology, diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, and therapy; and investigating the moral and metaphysical issues central to medical practice and research
Description / Table of Contents:
pt. 1. The language of medicine -- pt. 2. Medical praxiology -- pt. 3. Medical epistemology -- pt. 4. Medical deontics -- pt. 5. Medical logic -- pt. 6. Medical metaphysics -- pt. 7. Epilog -- pt. 8. Logical fundamentals.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-007-2260-6
URL:
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