Philosophy of Medicine (Handbook of the Philosophy of by Fred Gifford

By Fred Gifford

This quantity covers quite a lot of conceptual, epistemological and methodological matters within the philosophy of technological know-how raised by means of mirrored image upon scientific technology and perform. numerous chapters learn such basic meta-scientific options as discovery, aid, theories and versions, causal inference and medical realism as they observe to medication or scientific technology particularly. a few speak about vital thoughts particular to medication (diagnosis, healthiness, ailment, mind death). an issue reminiscent of proof, for example, is tested at a number of degrees, from social mechanisms for steering evidence-based reasoning similar to evidence-based drugs, consensus meetings, and scientific trials, to the extra summary research of experimentation, inference and uncertainty. a few chapters contemplate specific domain names of medication, together with psychiatry, public well-being, and nursing.

The contributions span a extensive diversity of specified circumstances from the technology and perform of medication, in addition to a huge variety of highbrow techniques, from conceptual research to specific examinations of specific medical papers or historic episodes.

  • Chapters view philosophy of medication from really varied angles
  • Considers important instances from either scientific technology and practice
  • Chapters from a distinct array of contributors

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