Anticipation and Medicine
Mihai Nadin (Ed.)
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Description for Anticipation and Medicine
Hardback. Editor(s): Nadin, Mihai. Num Pages: 372 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 31 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MB; PBWH; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 300 x 31. Weight in Grams: 706.
In this book, practicing physicians and experts in anticipation present arguments for a new understanding of medicine. Their contributions make it clear that medicine is the decisive test for anticipation. The reader is presented with a provocative hypothesis: If medicine will align itself with the anticipatory condition of life, it can prompt the most important revolution in our time. To this end, all stakeholders-medical practitioners, patients, scientists, and technology developers-will have to engage in the conversation. The book makes the case for the transition from expensive, and only marginally effective, reactive treatment through spare parts (joint replacements, organ ... Read more
In this book, practicing physicians and experts in anticipation present arguments for a new understanding of medicine. Their contributions make it clear that medicine is the decisive test for anticipation. The reader is presented with a provocative hypothesis: If medicine will align itself with the anticipatory condition of life, it can prompt the most important revolution in our time. To this end, all stakeholders-medical practitioners, patients, scientists, and technology developers-will have to engage in the conversation. The book makes the case for the transition from expensive, and only marginally effective, reactive treatment through spare parts (joint replacements, organ ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Condition
New
Number of Pages
363
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319451404
SKU
V9783319451404
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
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