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. Ed(S): Peset, Jose Luis; Guillen, Diego Gracia - The Ethics of Diagnosis - 9789048141104 - V9789048141104
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The Ethics of Diagnosis

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Description for The Ethics of Diagnosis Paperback. Editor(s): Peset, Jose Luis; Guillen, Diego Gracia. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 504.
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
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
315
Condition
New
Series
Philosophy and Medicine
Number of Pages
315
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048141104
SKU
V9789048141104
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