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The philosophical foundations of modern medicine

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The philosophical foundations of modern medicine/ Keekok Lee.
Author:	Lee, Keekok,
Published:	Houndmills, Basingstoke ;Palgrave Macmillan, : 2012.,
Description:	1 online resource (viii, 233 p.) :ill. :
Subject:	Biomedical engineering. -
Online resource:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230353251
ISBN:	9780230353251 (electronic bk.)

The philosophical foundations of modern medicine
Lee, Keekok,1938-

The philosophical foundations of modern medicine[electronic resource] /Keekok Lee. - Houndmills, Basingstoke ;Palgrave Macmillan,2012. - 1 online resource (viii, 233 p.) :ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- PART I -- Philosophical Foundations -- Modern Philosophy, Modern Science and Its Methodology -- Category Volte-face: Organisms for Machines -- Machines and Reductionism -- Organism A Machine -- PART II -- Human Organism is Machine: MEDICINE -- Biomedicine: Some Sciences -- Biomedicine: Some Technologies -- PART III -- Nosology: The Monogenic Conception of Disease -- Linear Causality and the Monogenic Conception of Disease -- Determining the Cause: Controllability and Random Controlled Trials -- Epidemiology: 'Cinderella' Status? What Kind of Science Is It Really? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References and Select Bibliography -- Index --.

Keekok Lee explores the philosophical foundation of modern medicine, a link often ignored if not denied between medicine and its philosophy. This relationship explains why such a medicine possesses the characteristics it does, both in terms of the fundamental sciences behind the medicine and its therapies, between basic scientific discoveries in science and technology. She also argues that the single most important thing to grasp is that every philosophy entails its own methodological requirements for doing science, and therefore, for doing medicine. The book enables us to understand why modern Medicine is Engineering. Such an exploration between philosophy and its methodological implications explains where precisely the strengths as well as the weaknesses of modern medicine lie. Written in plain English, it should be accessible to anyone who is intellectually curious, lay persons and medical professionals alike.

ISBN: 9780230353251 (electronic bk.)

Source: 533399Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Topical Terms:

588770
Biomedical engineering.
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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: R856.A5 / L44 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 610.28

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 2012 C-042

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