Philosophy of Medicine

Author:   Alex Broadbent (Professor, Department of Philosophy, Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Johannesburg)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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9780190612139


Pages:   296
Publication Date:   14 March 2019
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Alex Broadbent (Professor, Department of Philosophy, Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Johannesburg)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 21.30cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 14.50cm
Weight:   0.448kg
ISBN:  

9780190612139


ISBN 10:   0190612134
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   14 March 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part A. What Is Medicine? 1. Varieties of Medicine 2. The Goal of Medicine 3. The Business of Medicine 4. Health and Disease Part B. What Should We Think of Medicine? 5. Evidence-Based Medicine 6. Medical Nihilism 7. Medical Cosmopolitanism 8. Alternatives and Medical Dissidence 9. Decolonizing Medicine

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""An important issue discussed [in this book] is attitudes towards patients with incurable diseases. The book has a large reference list...Recommended for physicians, psychologists and social workers."" -- PER (Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews) ""This well-written book is a contribution to the burgeoning literature in philosophy of medicine--it offers interesting and compelling theories about various aspects of medicine, including its aims, shortcomings, research methods, and colonial heritage."" --Jacob Stegenga, Lecturer in Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge ""Alex Broadbent's Philosophy of Medicine addresses important topics that have been largely eclipsed by debates on bioethics and the nature of health and disease. In particular, Broadbent focuses on the core issues of what medicine is essentially and how to make medical decisions. His book makes significant contributions to the field not only by addressing neglected topics with historical and cultural sensitivity, but also through some ground-breaking claims, for instance that the business of medicine is not to cure."" -- Thaddeus Metz, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of Johannesburg ""The first thing to love about this book is what you can learn from it: what medicine can do even if it can't cure much, what evidence-based medicine may have achieved and what it may not have, the role of common law and the importance of cosmopolitanism, the dangers of epistemic medical relativism, a value-free definition of 'health' and much more. The second is that it practices what it preaches. The epistemic humility and practice-centered cosmopolitanism that Broadbent advocates for medicine characterize his own arguments and explanations. The book is thoughtful, humane, informed, a serious study, both philosophically and practically."" -- Nancy Cartwright, Professor of Philosophy at Durham University and Distinguished Professor at University of California, San Diego


The first thing to love about this book is what you can learn from it: what medicine can do even if it can't cure much, what evidence-based medicine may have achieved and what it may not have, the role of common law and the importance of cosmopolitanism, the dangers of epistemic medical relativism, a value-free definition of 'health' and much more. The second is that it practices what it preaches. The epistemic humility and practice-centered cosmopolitanism that Broadbent advocates for medicine characterize his own arguments and explanations. The book is thoughtful, humane, informed, a serious study, both philosophically and practically. * Nancy Cartwright, Professor of Philosophy at Durham University and Distinguished Professor at University of California, San Diego * Alex Broadbent's Philosophy of Medicine addresses important topics that have been largely eclipsed by debates on bioethics and the nature of health and disease. In particular, Broadbent focuses on the core issues of what medicine is essentially and how to make medical decisions. His book makes significant contributions to the field not only by addressing neglected topics with historical and cultural sensitivity, but also through some ground-breaking claims, for instance that the business of medicine is not to cure. * Thaddeus Metz, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of Johannesburg *


Author Information

Alex Broadbent is Professor of Philosophy, Executive Dean of Humanities, and founding Director of the African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science at the University of Johannesburg. He has interests in philosophy of science, medicine, epidemiology, and law. This is his third book.

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