On the Nature of Health : an Action-Theoretic Approach /

This study of the concept of health combines central ideas in modern philosophy of medicine with some results from analytical action theory. The concept which emerges is one of health founded on an action-theoretic platform: a person's health is characterized by his/her ability to achieve his/h...

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Main Author:	Nordenfelt, Lennart
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1995.
Edition:	Second rev. and enlarged edition.
Series:	Philosophy and medicine ; 26.
Subjects:	Philosophy (General) Medicine > Philosophy. Public health. Medical ethics. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book