Overview
- First book to explore the philosophical aspects of advanced diagnostic imaging
- Addresses the expanding scope and unprecedented impact of advanced medical imaging tests
- Explores a new interdisciplinary field between applied philosophy and medicine
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Ethics (BRIEFSETHIC)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
This is the first book to explore the epistemology and ethics of advanced imaging tests, in order to improve the critical understanding of the nature of knowledge they provide and the practical consequences of their utilization in healthcare. Advanced medical imaging tests, such as PET and MRI, have gained center stage in medical research and in patients’ care. They also increasingly raise questions that pertain to philosophy: What is required to be an expert in reading images? How are standards for interpretation to be fixed? Is there a problem of overutilization of such tests? How should uncertainty be communicated to patients? How to cope with incidental findings? This book is of interest and importance to scholars of philosophy of medicine at all levels, from undergraduates to researchers, to medical researchers and practitioners (radiologists and nuclear physicians) interested in a critical appraisal of the methodology of their discipline and in the ethical principles andconsequences of their work.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Stefano Fanti is full time employed in Nuclear Medicine as Professor of Diagnostic Imaging as well as Director of Nuclear Medicine Division at the S.Orsola Policlinic Hospital. Author of more than 1000 papers, including > 400 full articles published in peer reviewed international journals, several books (mainly for Springer) and chapters; invited lecturer at more than 120 national and international meetings.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Philosophy of Advanced Medical Imaging
Editors: Elisabetta Lalumera, Stefano Fanti
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Ethics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61412-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-61414-0Published: 16 March 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-61412-6Published: 01 March 2021
Series ISSN: 2211-8101
Series E-ISSN: 2211-811X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 129
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Philosophy of Medicine, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary, Imaging / Radiology