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An A-Z of medical philosophy. [PDF]

Br J Gen Pract, 2013
Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832) was a one man social revolution. He was a lawyer who sought to reform the penal code. He designed the first high surveillance jail. He founded University College London. He drafted the first new South American constitutions for his friend Simon Bolivar.
Misselbrook D.
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Philosophy of medical education

Journal of Advances in Medical Education and Professionalism, 2013
Introduction: Education is defined as an art with scientific principle. It is described as a form of learning by which knowledge, skills and attitudes of an age group are transferred from one generation to the next through teaching, training, research
HOSSAIN RONAGHY
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Health lag: medical philosophy reflects on COVID-19 pandemic [PDF]

Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, 2020
In this paper, we reflect on the COVID-19 pandemic based on medical philosophy. A critical examination of the Corona crisis uncovers that in order to understand and explain the unpreparedness of the health systems, we need a new conceptual framework ...
Alireza Monajemi, Hamidreza Namazi
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An A-Z of medical philosophy. Gender and ethics. [PDF]

Br J Gen Pract, 2013
Surely gender has nothing to do with morality? Well, perhaps it just might. All approaches to ethics make assumptions about what constitutes human nature and the human good. A conventional description of a mature ethical person would value ideals such as autonomy, rationality, and justice. The feminist ethicist Carol Gilligan in her book In a Different
Misselbrook D.
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An A-Z of medical philosophy: O is for ontology. [PDF]

Br J Gen Pract, 2014
OK, every tribe likes to reserve some language for its own use and polish up a few long words to keep the barbarians at bay. Philosophers are no different, but not as bad as medics. ‘Ontology’ is the study of what types or categories of things might reasonably be thought to exist in the world itself as opposed to just our imagined ways of thinking ...
Misselbrook D.
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Medical humanities and philosophy of medicine [PDF]

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 2007
Over the past 30 years — starting in the United States — an interest in ‘medical humanities’ has emerged. In the same period modern ‘philosophy of medicine’ developed. Although the medical humanities are sometimes presented under the flag of medical philosophy, there are good reasons to consider these fields separately.
Wim Dekkers, Bert Gordijn, Dekkers Wim   +2 more
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An A–Z of medical philosophy : Meta-ethics [PDF]

Br J Gen Pract, 2014
How do we tell the difference between right and wrong? Perhaps most of the time it’s enough to follow the rules of our particular culture. But how do we justify our cultural rules, and how do we cope with new or difficult cases? Is there any ultimate guide to right and wrong, or are we merely arguing about preferences?
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Reflecting on philosophies of medical education science [PDF]

GMS Journal for Medical Education
Science is dependent on philosophy for many of its core concepts, for its ongoing development, and for the means to appraise what it does and what it produces.
Rachel Ellaway
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An A–Z of medical philosophy : Justice [PDF]

Br J Gen Pract, 2013
Allocation of scarce healthcare resources is a hot issue. We all believe resources should be distributed justly, the trouble is no one seems quite sure what is just. Should resources be distributed according to need, according to a legal or regulatory entitlement or according to what a person has earned? And who should decide?
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From elemental qualities to medication: Hippocratic pharmacological system in classical Greek medicine [PDF]

Frontiers in Pharmacology
While numerous scholars have studied Hippocrates’ philosophy, ideas, and oaths, there has been limited research on his pharmacological theories especially combined with clinical medication.
YanLiang Fan, Wenjun Wu
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