What Is Disease?

Inbunden, Engelska, 1997

Av James M. Humber, Robert F. Almeder, James M Humber, Robert F Almeder

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Renowned philosophers and medical ethicists debate and discuss the profoundly important concepts of disease and health. Christopher Boorse begins with an extensive reexamination of his seminal definition of disease as a value-free scientific concept. In responding to all those who criticized this view, which came to be called "naturalism" or "neutralism," Boorse clarifies and updates his landmark ideas on this crucial question. Other distinguished thinkers analyze, develop, and oftentimes defend competing, nonnaturalistic theories of disease. Their combined thoughts review and update an issue of central importance in bioethics today.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1997-05-06
Mått155 x 235 x 28 mm
Vikt714 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieBiomedical Ethics Reviews
Antal sidor361
FörlagHumana Press Inc.
ISBN9780896033528

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Biovetenskap inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Medicinsk etik och läkaretik inom Medicin
Naturvetenskapens filosofi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Pediatrik inom Medicin

"The centerpiece of this volume is an excellent discussion by C. Boorse, who responds to twenty years of criticism and defends his naturalist biostatistical theory of disease....The authors all make good use of contemporary examples of one or currently pathologized conditions, such as homosexuality and mental illness, to test their accounts of disease, thus making this book both conceptually rich and practically relevant for its readers."-Religious Studies Review