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The Ethics Of Diagnosis
. Ed(S): Peset, Jose Luis; Guillen, Diego Gracia
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Hardback. Challenges the traditional assumption that diagnosis is an epistemological activity concerned with facts to the exclusion of values, by demonstrating that, in fact, broad social and individual goals, as well as diverse ethical frameworks, condition both the processes and results of diagnosis. Editor(s): Peset, Jose Luis; Guillen, Diego Gracia. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; M. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 636.
A major focus of the philosophy of medicine and, in general, of the philosophy of science has been the interplay of facts and values. Nowhere is an evaluation of this interplay more important than in the ethics of diagnosis. Traditionally, diagnosis has been understood as an epistemological activity which is concerned with facts and excludes the intrusion of values. The essays in this volume challenge this assumption. Questions of knowledge in diagnosis are intimately related to the concerns with intervention that characterize the applied science of medicine. Broad social and individual goals, ... Read more
A major focus of the philosophy of medicine and, in general, of the philosophy of science has been the interplay of facts and values. Nowhere is an evaluation of this interplay more important than in the ethics of diagnosis. Traditionally, diagnosis has been understood as an epistemological activity which is concerned with facts and excludes the intrusion of values. The essays in this volume challenge this assumption. Questions of knowledge in diagnosis are intimately related to the concerns with intervention that characterize the applied science of medicine. Broad social and individual goals, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
315
Condition
New
Series
Philosophy and Medicine
Number of Pages
315
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792315445
SKU
V9780792315445
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99-15
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