The Philosophy of Medicine: Framing the Field (Philosophy and Medicine)
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The term `bioethics' was coined in 1971, just as interest in the medical humanities claimed a prominent place in medical education. Out of this interest, a substantial area of research and scholarship took shape: the philosophy of medicine. This field has been directed to the epistemological, ontological, and value-theoretical issues occasioned by medicine and the biomedical sciences. Bioethics is nested in this field and can only be fully understood in terms of the foundational issues it addresses. This collection of essays in honor of Stuart F. Spicker, one of the individuals who gave shape to the philosophy of medicine, lays out the broad scope of concerns from the philosophy of embodiment, to issues of the role of ethics consultants, to concepts of disease, equity and the meaning of history.
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Rice Univ., Houston, TX. Collection of essays in honor of Stuart F. Spicker, one of the individuals who gave shape to the philosophy of medicine, lays out the broad scope of concerns from the philosophy of embodiment, to issues of the role of ethics consultants, to concepts of disease, and equity and the meaning of history.
The Philosophy of Medicine: Framing the Field (Philosophy and Medicine),H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr.,Springer,0792362233,Bioethics,Ethics,Ethics, Medical,General,Life Sciences - Biology - General,Medical,Medical ethics,Medicine,Philosophy,Philosophy Of Medicine,Philosophy, Medical,Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy,Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000
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