Umfang:
1 online resource (xii, 194 pages)
ISBN:
9781315159843
,
9781351660754
,
9781351660730
Inhalt:
Philosophy of medicine: its scope and subject matter -- Defining health and disease -- Theories and models in medicine -- Materialism and reductionism in science and medicine -- Probability and randomness -- Causality and induction -- Randomised controlled trials and study design -- Some central measures in clinical medicine -- Reasoning in clinical practice: prevention, diagnosis, therapy, prognosis, palliation and rehabilitation -- Medicine from first-person perspectives: phenomenology, narrative of knowledge and qualitative approaches to knowledge creation and use in medicine -- Neurosciences and diseases of the mind -- The varieties of modern medicine: evolutionary medicine, evidence-based medicine, precision and personalised medicine, alternative medicines and managing epidemics.
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [182]-190) and index
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780415501071
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780415501095
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780415501071
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.4324/9781315159843
