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The Philosophy of Medicine. Framing the Field.
H. T Engelhardt Jr.
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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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Series
Philosophy and Medicine
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792362234
SKU
V9780792362234
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