A Pragmatic Approach to Conceptualization of Health and Disease
This open access book is an integrated historical and philosophical investigation of several problematic situations that emerge from diverse areas of medical practice. These include (but are not limited to): Paying less attention to patients who are suffering with symptoms because no identifiable pa...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Springer International Publishing
2024.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2024. |
| Series: | Philosophy and Medicine Series
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009845838906719 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part 1. Finding a Pragmatic Middle Way Between Realist and Silly Relativist Poles
- Chapter 1. Philosophical Perspective (Martin Kusch)
- Chapter 2. Historical Perspective (Heiner Fangerau)
- Chapter 3. Integrated Historical and Philosophical Perspective (Timo Bolt)
- Part 2. Problematic Situations
- Chapter 4. Symptoms Without Pathology (Monica Greco)
- Chapter 5. Pathology Without Symptoms (Marianna Boenink)
- Chapter 6. Disease as Risk (Elodie Giroux)
- Chapter 6. Disease as Risk (John Yudkin)
- Chapter 7. TBD (Mary Walker)
- Chapter 8. Homogeneity of Disease Entities (Lara Keuck)
- Chapter 9. Positive Health (Rik van der Linden)
- Chapter 10. Attending to Societal Consequences of Definitions of Health (Quill Kukla)
- Conclusion.
