Medicine & philosophy a twenty-first century introduction
This textbook introduces the reader to basic problems in the philosophy of science and ethics, mainly by means of examples from medicine. It is based on the conviction that philosophy, medical science, medical informatics, and medical ethics are overlapping disciplines. It claims that the philosophi...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Frankfurt :
Ontos Verlag
2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009428389106719 |
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- 1. Science, Morals, and Philosophy
- 2. How and Why Does Science Develop?
- 3. What Is a Scientific Fact?
- 4. What Does Scientific Argumentation Look Like?
- 5. Knowing How and Knowing That
- 6. The Clinical Medical Paradigm
- 7. Placebo and Nocebo Phenomena
- 8. Pluralism and Medical Science
- 9. Medicine and Ethics
- 10. Medical Research Ethics
- 11. Taxonomy, Partonomy, and Ontology
- Index of Names
- Index of Subjects
- Picture Acknowledgements
