Science, Technology, and the Art of Medicine

European-American Dialogues

AvC. Delkeskamp-Hayes,Mary Ann Gardell Cutter

Inbunden, Engelska, 1993

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Beskrivning

A collection of papers by eminent scholars who discuss issues and concepts regarding the character of medicine. Special attention is given to the extent to which medicine is a science, art and technology. Investigations are carried out with a particular focus on the nature of medical knowledge. Concepts of medical research, medical causality, intuition and medical decision making are examined in the light of medicine's revolutionary advances in the 20th century. Past perspectives and present perplexities are also examined.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1993-04-30
Mått:210 x 297 x 24 mm
Vikt:696 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Philosophy and Medicine
Antal sidor:340
Upplaga:1993
Förlag:Kluwer Academic Publishers
ISBN:9780792318699

Utforska kategorier

Medicin: allmänt inom Medicin
Filosofi inom Filosofi och religion

Innehållsförteckning

I / Medical Facts and Scientific Progress: The Scientific Status of Medical Knowledge.- On the Scientific Status of Medical Research: Case Study and Interpretation According to Ludwik Fleck.- The Scientific Status of Medical Research: A Reply to Schäfer.- Ludwik Fleck and the Philosophy of Medicine: A Commentary on Schäfer and Tsouyopoulos.- II / Causality and Explanation in Medicine: The Regard for Practice in Medical Knowledge.- On the History of Medical Causality.- Causality and Conditionality in Medicine Around 1900.- On Medicine’s Scientificity — Did Medicine’s Accession to Scientific ‘Positivity’ in the Course of the Nineteenth Century Require Giving Up Causal (Etiological) Explanation?.- Causation and the Conceptual Scheme of Medical Knowledge.- The Dilemma of Medical Causality and the Issue of Biological Individuality.- III / Art and Intuition in Medical Decisions: The Regard for Knowledge in Medical Practice.- The Concept of the Art of Medicine.- Intuition and Technology as Bases of Medical Decision-Making.- Intuition and the Process of Medical Diagnosis: The Quest for Explicit Knowledge in the Technological Era.- Intuition in the Art and Science of Medicine.- Technoscience and Medicine.- IV / Obligations to Patients: The Purpose of Medical Practice and Its Consequences for Knowledge.- Knowledge and Art in the Practice of Medicine: Clinical Judgment and Historical Reconstruction.- Medicine: Explanation, Manipulation, and Creativity.- Medicine — Beyond the Boundaries of Sciences, Technologies, and Arts.- Is Medicine Special, And If So, What Follows?: An Attempt at Rational Reconstruction.- Notes on Contributors.