Disease and Diagnosis : Value-Dependent Realism /

This is a book about the concept of disease and the philosophy of diagnosis. The author proposes `value-dependent realism' as a way to show how value judgments can be foundational for the practice of diagnosis without losing the sense that diseases are real entities. In light of contemporary ph...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Stempsey, William E.
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2000.
Series:	Philosophy and medicine ; 63.
Subjects:	Philosophy (General) Ethics. Medicine > Philosophy. Science > Philosophy. Medical ethics. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book