On the Nature of Health

An Action-Theoretic Approach

Inbunden, Engelska, 1995

Av L.Y Nordenfelt, L. y. Nordenfelt, L. Y Nordenfelt

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This study of the concept of health combines central ideas in modern philosophy of medicine with some results from analytical action theory. The concept which emerges is one of health founded on an action-theoretic platform: a person's health is characterized by his/her ability to achieve his/her vital goals. The book draws on insights from a number of modern philosophers of medicine - in particular, C. Boorse, C. Whitbeck and I. Porn. Some conclusions, however, are quite different from all the modern theories discussed. This mainly concerns the analysis of the concept of a vital goal which is, in the present study, connected with human happiness. The book should be of particular interest to philosophers of medicine and philosophers in general. It is also of value to medical personnel and health policy-makers who take an interest in the conceptual foundations of health care.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1995-07-31
Mått152 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt524 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SeriePhilosophy and Medicine
Antal sidor217
Upplaga2
FörlagKluwer Academic Publishers
ISBN9780792333692

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Folkhälsa och hälsopedagogik inom Medicin
Filosofi inom Filosofi och religion
Medicinsk etik och läkaretik inom Medicin
Samhällsmedicin och preventiv medicin inom Medicin
Biovetenskap inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

1: Some Basic Issues in the Philosophy of Health.- 1. Why a Philosophy of Health?.- 2. What Should Be Required of an Acceptable Theory of Health?.- 3. Preliminaries on Conceptual Analysis.- 4. Two Perspectives on Health and Disease.- 2: An Analytic Theory of Health: the Biostatistical Theory (BST).- 1. The Classical Background.- 2. On the Concept of a Goal.- 3. The Biostatistical Theory: A General Presentation.- 4. The Prima-Facie Merits of the Biostatistical Theory.- 5. A Critical Assessment of the Biostatistical Theory.- 3: Towards a Holistic Theory of Health.- 1. An Action-Theoretic Approach.- 2. On the General Concepts of Action and Ability.- 3. On Ability and Disability.- 4. On First- and Second-Order Ability.- 5. On the Concept of Vital Goals.- 6. Health as a Person’s Ability to Fulfill His Basic Human Needs.- 7. Health as a Person’s Ability to Attain the Goals Set by Himself.- 8. Towards a New Philosophy of Health: A Welfare Notion of Health.- 9. On Some Properties of the Welfare Notion of Health.- 4: On the Factors Which Compromise Health.- 1. Maladies.- 2. Other Factors Compromising Health: Old Age, Pregnancy, Grief.- 5: On Some Societal and Scientific Consequences of the Welfare Notion of Health.- 1. On the Relation Between Health and Society.- 2. On Some Consequences of the Welfare Notion of Health for Medicine and Health Care.- 6: Conclusions and Summary of the Welfare Theory of Health.- 1. Answers to the Requirements of a Good Theory of Health.- 2. Glossary.- Appendix: on the Ontology of Diseases.- 1. A Classical Debate — Physiologism Versus Ontologism.- 2. The Problem of Historical Change.- 3. Towards a Reconstruction of Medical Ontology.- 4. Some Modern Definitions of Diseases.- 5. An Analysis of the Disease Concepts.- 6. Summary.- Notes.-Supplementary Bibliography.- Postscript 1994.