Medicine & Philosophy : A Twenty-First Century Introduction

This textbook introduces the reader to basic problems in the philosophy of science and ethics, mainly by means of examples from medicine. It is based on the conviction that philosophy, medical science, medical informatics, and medical ethics are overlapping disciplines. It claims that the philosophi...

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Autores principales: Ingvar Johansson, Niels Lynøe
Formato: Libro
Publicado: De Gruyter 2008
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