Handbook of the Philosophy of Medicine

This is the first comprehensive, multi-author textbook in the philosophy of medicine, covering the conceptual problems of many important social, political and ethical issues in health care. It introduces and develops over 70 themes, concepts and issues in this...

Philosophy of Medicine

This volume covers a wide range of conceptual, epistemological and methodological issues in the philosophy of science that have arisen from reflection on medical science and practice. Several chapters discuss such general meta-scientific concepts as discovery, reduction,...