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   Medicine and the Family: A Feminist Perspective » Read Now

   by Lucy M. Candib. 341 pgs.

   Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

   ...Street, New York, NY 10022-5299. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lucy M. Candib Medicine and the family : a feminist perspective...index. ISBN...
   
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   Differences in Medicine: Unraveling Practices, Techniques, and Bodies » Read Now

   by Marc Berg, Annemarie Mol. 278 pgs.

   Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

   ...when it encounters the boundary of medicine but simply crosses it. Class conflict...forgotten: for quite a while, the unity of medicine was a favorite trope amongst...
   
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   The Goals of Medicine: The Forgotten Issue in Health Care Reform » Read Now

   by Daniel Callahan, Mark J. Hanson. 239 pgs.

   Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

   In this book, international teams of physicians, nurses, public health experts, philosophers, theologians, politicians, administrators, social workers, and lawyers articulate four basic goals of medicine and examine them in light of the cultural, political, and economic pressures under which...

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   In this book, international teams of physicians, nurses, public health experts, philosophers, theologians, politicians, administrators, social workers, and lawyers articulate four basic goals of medicine and examine them in light of the cultural, political, and economic pressures under which medicine functions. Discussing prevention of disease, relief of suffering, care of the ill, and avoidance of premature death, contributors clearly demonstrate the importance of clarifying the purposes of medicine before attempting to change economic and organizational systems.

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   Shaw and the Doctors » Read Now

   by Roger Boxill. 188 pgs.

   Collections: Literature, Entire Library

   ...knowledge of his medical philosophy and less of medical history. Most...scholars. Few schools of medicine offer a course in...of Shaws medical philosophy in the context of...
   
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   La Mettrie: Medicine, Philosophy, and Enlightenment » Read Now

   by Kathleen Wellman. 344 pgs.

   Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

   ...suggest that an integration of medicine and philosophy adds a crucial component...century, an integration of medicine and philosophy not only affords a...
   
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   Rationalism and Empiricism in Modern Medicine, in Law and Contemporary Problems » Read Now

   by Warren Newton. 19 pgs.

   Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

   ...of Hippocrates, rationalism is the oldest of the sects. Thessalos and Drakans emphasized the importance of natural philosophy in medicine, believing that "where observation...
   
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   Rights of Conscience in Health Care, in Social Theory and Practice » Read Now

   by Thomas May. 18 pgs.

   Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

   ...Professional Responsibility, and Access to Abortion," Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 22 (1994): 280-85; Leslie Cannold, "Consequences...Active and Passive Euthanasia,"...
   
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   The Hermeneutics of Medicine and the Phenomenology of Health: Steps towards a Philosophy of Medical Practice, in Journal of Phenomenological Psychology » Read Now

   by Ernest Keen. 6 pgs.

   Collections: Philosophy, Psychology, Entire Library

   ...hermeneutics of medicine and the phenomenology of health: steps towards a philosophy of medical...hermeneutics of medicine and the phenomenology of health: Steps towards a...