Talking about Health : : A Philosophical Dialogue /

Talking about Health : : A Philosophical Dialogue / / Lennart Nordenfelt.

This book is a scholarly treatise on the nature of health presented in the form of a dialogue between an inquirer and a philosopher. It attempts to do two things: first, to introduce modern philosophy of health to non-philosophers, in particular to people with a professional relation to health care;...

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Superior document:Value Inquiry Book Series ; 57
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Nordenfelt, Lennart,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden;, Boston : : BRILL,, 1997.
Year of Publication:1997
Language:English
Series:Value Inquiry Book Series ; 57.
Physical Description:1 online resource (179 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Editorial Foreword by Heta Häyry and Matti Häyry
  • Guest Foreword by K.W.M
  • Fulford
  • Author's Preface
  • Conversations
  • ONE On the Philosophy of Health
  • TWO On the Tools of Philosophy
  • THREE On Conceptual Analysis
  • FOUR On Medical Concepts
  • FIVE Some Classic Definitions of Health
  • SIX On Health and Normality
  • SEVEN On Equilibrium and Homoeostasis
  • EIGHT On the Ordinary Meaning of Health: A Little about Mental Health
  • NINE On Mental Illness, Responsibility, and Politics
  • TEN On the Latitudes of Health and on the Dividing-Line between Healthy and Ill
  • ELEVEN Health as Ability to Act
  • TWELVE More about Vital Goals
  • THIRTEEN On Minimum Happiness
  • FOURTEEN On the Nature of Happiness
  • FIFTEEN On Subjective Health and Ill-Health
  • SIXTEEN Consequences for Health Care
  • SEVENTEEN On the Relation between Diseases and Health
  • EIGHTEEN On the Paths to Health
  • NINETEEN On Health and Handicap
  • TWENTY On Prioritization and Need for Care
  • TWENTY-ONE On Health Again: Concluding Remarks
  • Summary of Concepts and Their Definitions
  • Annotated Bibliography
  • About the Author
  • Index.

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