{"product_id":"9789048165100","title":"Philosophy and Medicine","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePhilosophy and Medicine\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eGardell Cutter, Mary Ann\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReframing Disease Contextually\u003c\/strong\u003e will be of particular interest to philosophers of medicine, bioethicists, and philosophers. It may also be of value to medical professionals, historians of western medicine, and health policy makers who take interest in the conceptual foundations of medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book: \u003cbr\u003e- provides an overview of key debates in the history of modern western medicine on the nature, knowledge, and value of disease; \u003cbr\u003e- illustrates how these debates relate; \u003cbr\u003e- provides a \"contextual\" or \"localized\" way of understanding disease; \u003cbr\u003e- includes case studies of e.g. AIDS, genetic disease, and gendered disease; \u003cbr\u003e- conveys the importance of the intersection and interrelation between and among factors that make up disease; \u003cbr\u003e- illustrates how bioethical discussions about disease naming, classification, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment are part of a much greater discussion in philosophy of medicine. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2010-12-06\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9789048165100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-017-0155-6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 240cm x160cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 195\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44481540685964,"sku":"9789048165100","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789048165100.jpg?v=1779935329","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9789048165100","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}