Author | : Kazem Sadegh-Zadeh |
File Size | : 54,9 Mb |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 28 September 2011 |
ISBN | : 9789400722606 |
Pages | : 1125 pages |
Handbook of Analytic Philosophy of Medicine by Kazem Sadegh-Zadeh Book PDF Summary
Medical practice is practiced morality, and clinical research belongs to normative ethics. The present book elucidates and advances this thesis by: 1. analyzing the structure of medical language, knowledge, and theories; 2. inquiring into the foundations of the clinical encounter; 3. introducing the logic and methodology of clinical decision-making; 4. suggesting comprehensive theories of organism, life, and psyche; of health, illness, and disease; of etiology, diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, and therapy; and 5. investigating the moral and metaphysical issues central to medical practice and research.