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Health, Disease, and Causal Explanations in Medicine

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Editors:
  1. Lennart Nordenfelt

    1. Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

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  2. B. Ingemar B. Lindahl

    1. Huddinge University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden
      University of Stockholm, Sweden

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Part of the book series: Philosophy and Medicine (PHME, volume 16)

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxx
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  2. On the Concepts of Health and Disease

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. An Equilibrium Model of Health

      • Ingmar Pörn
      Pages 3-9

    3. Comments on Pörn’s ‘An Equilibrium Model of Health’

      • Lennart Nordenfelt
      Pages 11-13

    4. On the Circle of Health

      • Lennart Nordenfelt
      Pages 15-23

    5. Comments on Nordenfelt’s ‘On the Circle of Health’

      • Stuart F. Spicker
      Pages 25-26

    6. Clinical Problems and the Concept of Disease

      • H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr.
      Pages 27-41

    7. Comments on Engelhardt’s ‘Clinical Problems and the Concept of Disease’

      • Kazem Sadegh-Zadeh
      Pages 43-45

    8. Health and Disease from the Point of View of the Clinical Laboratory

      • Ralph Gräsbeck
      Pages 47-60
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About this book

On May 13-15, 1982, some 50 scientists and scholars - physicians, philos­ ophers and social scientists - convened at Hasselby Castle in Stockholm for the first Nordic Symposium on the Philosophy of Medicine. The topics for the symposium included (1) the concepts of health and disease, (2) classification in medicine, and (3) causality and causal explanations in medicine. The majority of the participants were Scandinavian but the symposium was also able to welcome four distinguished guests from other parts of the world, Professors Stuart F. Spicker and H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr., U.S.A., Dr Anne M. Fagot, France, and Dr Werner Morbach, West Germany. The latter represented Professor Kazem Sadegh-zadeh, who unfortunately was prevented from attending. One of the main purposes of this symposium was to bring together people in Scandinavia who at present work within the field of Philosophy of Medi­ cine. This group is still relatively small but is growing rapidly, and the scholarly activity has recently been notable. This fact is clearly demonstrated by the presentation of 'Philosophy of Medicine in Scandinavia' in the Appendix of this volume.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

    Lennart Nordenfelt

  • Huddinge University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden

    B. Ingemar B. Lindahl

  • University of Stockholm, Sweden

    B. Ingemar B. Lindahl

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Health, Disease, and Causal Explanations in Medicine

  • Editors: Lennart Nordenfelt, B. Ingemar B. Lindahl

  • Series Title: Philosophy and Medicine

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6283-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company 1984

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1660-6Published: 31 May 1984

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-009-6285-9Published: 19 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-6283-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0376-7418

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0080

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXX, 257

  • Topics: Philosophy of Medicine, Anthropology, Theory of Medicine/Bioethics

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