Handbook of Analytic Philosophy of Medicine

Clinical medicine is practiced morality and clinical research belongs to normative ethics. The present book elucidates and advances this thesis by: 1. analyzing the structure of medical language, knowledge, and theories, 2. inquiring into the foundations of the clinical encounter, 3. introducing the logic and methodology of clinical decision-making, 4. suggesting comprehensive theories of organism, life, and psyche; of health, illness, and disease; of etiology, diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, and therapy, 5. investigating into the moral and metaphysical issues central to medical practice and research.