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Publication details

Publisher: Springer

Place: Berlin

Year: 2017

ISBN (Hardback): 9789401786874

ISBN (eBook): 9789401786881

Full citation:

Thomas Schramme, Steven D. Edwards (eds), Handbook of the philosophy of medicine, Berlin, Springer, 2017

Handbook of the philosophy of medicine

Contents

Curing and healing

two goals of medicine

Dorota Szawarska

83-92

Illness and its experience

the patient perspective

Havi Carel

93-108

Suffering

harm to bodies, minds, and persons

Bjørn M. Hofmann

129-145

Genetic information in medicine

its generation, significance, and use

Angus Clarke

303-323

Children are not small adults

significance of biological and cognitive development in medical practice

Vic Larcher

371-393

Holism in health care

patient as person

Simon Woods

411-427

"Lives at risk" study

philosophical and ethical implications of using narrative inquiry in health services research

Ashrafunnesa Khanom, Sarah Wright, Marcus Doel, Melanie Storey, Clare Clement, Frances Rapport

539-556

Delusions

a project in understanding

KWM Fulford, Tim Thornton

557-576