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Harry's War: From Dunkirk to the Burma Railway. A Doctor's Diary

Harry Silman joined the army as a doctor in September 1939, just after the outbreak of the Second World War. He cared for the wounded during the bombing of the Dunkirk beaches and was one of the last to be deployed during the mass retreat in May 1940. His division...

Life or Death: A Matter of Choice? 2015

An easy-to-understand overview of euthanasia legislation, end-of-life treatment and medication for people who may not be able to decide for themselves whether treatment is necessary. 302 Our bodies are under our control, free from state interference - or at least ...

Sociology of Health and Medicine 2018

The book is aimed at postgraduate students and anyone intending to conduct research in the sociology of health and medicine. The content and organisation of this book is intended to differentiate it from other sociology of medicine textbooks, maintaining...

Quality of Life: A Post-Pandemic Philosophy of Medicine 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic demonstrated the need for a new perspective on health and healthcare. This book offers a philosophical critique of medicine as an applied science, but more positively emphasises the social causes of disease and argues for greater equality in the distribution of...

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,...