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Title: Handbook of Analytic Philosophy of Medicine
Author : Kazem Sadegh-Zadeh
Release Date : January 28, 2011
Genre: Medical,Books,Professional & Technical,Computers & Internet,Computers,
Pages : * pages
Size : 7926 KB

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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.