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Overview"Reframing Disease Contextually 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. This book: - provides an overview of key debates in the history of modern western medicine on the nature, knowledge, and value of disease; - illustrates how these debates relate; - provides a ""contextual"" or ""localized"" way of understanding disease; - includes case studies of e.g. AIDS, genetic disease, and gendered disease; - conveys the importance of the intersection and interrelation between and among factors that make up disease; - illustrates how bioethical discussions about disease naming, classification, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment are part of a much greater discussion in philosophy of medicine." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Mary Ann Gardell CutterPublisher: Springer Imprint: Springer Edition: 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2003 Volume: 81 Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9789048165100ISBN 10: 9048165105 Pages: 195 Publication Date: 06 December 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. The Development of Disease: The Case of Aids.- 3. The Nature of Disease.- 4. Knowing Disease.- 5. Knowing and Treating Disease.- 6. The Role of Values in Disease.- 7. A Geography of Values in Disease.- 8. The Context of Disease.- 9. Concepts of Genetic Disease.- 10. Concepts of Gendered Disease.- 11. Conclusion.- References.ReviewsFrom the reviews: Mary Ann Cutter's `Reframing Disease Contextually' draws together a number of themes in philosophy of medicine in order to make the case that disease should be understood contextually and locally. ... Overall, this book makes an important case for viewing disease as `contextual' ... the examples of contextualism analyzed by Cutter are a useful and powerful way of making this point. ... All in All, this book is well worth reading. (Robyn Bluhm, Metapsychology Online Reviews, July, 2006) From the reviews: Mary Ann Cutter's `Reframing Disease Contextually' draws together a number of themes in philosophy of medicine in order to make the case that disease should be understood contextually and locally. ... Overall, this book makes an important case for viewing disease as `contextual' ... the examples of contextualism analyzed by Cutter are a useful and powerful way of making this point. ... All in All, this book is well worth reading. (Robyn Bluhm, Metapsychology Online Reviews, July, 2006) From the reviews: Mary Ann Cutter's 'Reframing Disease Contextually' draws together a number of themes in philosophy of medicine in order to make the case that disease should be understood contextually and locally. ... Overall, this book makes an important case for viewing disease as 'contextual' ... the examples of contextualism analyzed by Cutter are a useful and powerful way of making this point. ... All in All, this book is well worth reading. (Robyn Bluhm, Metapsychology Online Reviews, July, 2006) Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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