Overview
- A comprehensive coverage of the various topics in the philosophy of medicine that have emerged over the past several decades
- A philosophical context for embedding bioethical discussions
- A unique analysis of the quality-of-care crisis in modern medicine and the efforts to resolve it
- A philosophical proposal for resolving the crisis-of-care
Part of the book series: Philosophy and Medicine (PHME, volume 99)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Epistemology
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Back Matter
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About this book
In this book the author explores the shifting philosophical boundaries of modern medical knowledge and practice occasioned by the crisis of quality-of-care, especially in terms of the various humanistic adjustments to the biomedical model. To that end he examines the metaphysical, epistemological, and ethical boundaries of these medical models. He begins with their metaphysics, analyzing the metaphysical positions and presuppositions and ontological commitments upon which medical knowledge and practice is founded. Next, he considers the epistemological issues that face these medical models, particularly those driven by methodological procedures undertaken by epistemic agents to constitute medical knowledge and practice. Finally, he examines the axiological boundaries and the ethical implications of each model, especially in terms of the physician-patient relationship. In a concluding Epilogue, he discusses how the philosophical analysis of the humanization of modern medicine helps to address the crisis-of-care, as well as the question of “What is medicine?”
The book’s unique features include a comprehensive coverage of the various topics in the philosophy of medicine that have emerged over the past several decades and a philosophical context for embedding bioethical discussions. The book’s target audiences include both undergraduate and graduate students, as well as healthcare professionals and professional philosophers.
“This book is the 99th issue of the Series Philosophy and Medicine…and it can be considered a crown of thirty years of intensive and dynamic discussion in the field. We are completely convinced that after its publication, it can be finally said that undoubtedly the philosophy of medicine exists as a special field of inquiry.”
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: An Introductory Philosophy of Medicine
Book Subtitle: Humanizing Modern Medicine
Authors: James A. Marcum
Series Title: Philosophy and Medicine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6797-6
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6796-9Published: 29 May 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7729-5Published: 28 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-6797-6Published: 07 May 2008
Series ISSN: 0376-7418
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0080
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 376
Topics: Medicine/Public Health, general, Philosophy of Medicine, Biomedicine general, Epistemology, Ethics, Metaphysics