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The Philosophy of African Medical Practice

Issue, 1979
The philosophy of African medical practice is rooted in the African world view. Those locating the cause and cure of sickness in traditional practice ask about the ultimate who, rather than what. The answers given are in terms of the cosmological beliefs of the people.
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Medication Liaison: an Emerging Philosophy

The Australian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy, 1997
Medication liaison is defined as a process by which quality- assured information related to medicines is integrated into the provision of health care with the aim of improving patient health outcomes and quality of life through the minimisation of adverse medication- related events.
Danielle A Stowasser, David M. Collins, Treasure McGuire   +2 more
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Philosophy of medicine ? From a medical perspective [PDF]

Theoretical Medicine, 1992
In this commentary on the article by Arthur L. Caplan [1] the philosophy of medicine is viewed from a medical perspective. Philosophical studies have a long tradition in medicine, especially during periods of paradigmatic unrest, and they serve the same goal as other medical activities: the prevention and treatment of disease.
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The 'medical body' as philosophy's arena.

Theoretical medicine and bioethics, 2001
Medicine, as Byron Good argues, reconstitutes the human body of our daily experience as a "medical body," unfamiliar outside medicine. This reconstitution can be seen in two ways: (i) as a salutary reminder of the extent to which the reality even of the human body is constructed; and (ii) as an arena for what Stephen Toulmin distinguishes as the ...
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The need for teaching philosophy in medical education

Theoretical Medicine, 1991
The dearth of philosophical contributions to medicine has recently been discussed in a series of articles in this journal. The present article focuses on physicians' lack of training in philosophy as a part of the explanation of the scarcity of works in philosophy of medicine.
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The Medical Model and the Philosophy of Science

2013
This chapter sketches an account of psychiatric explanation with roots in contemporary philosophy of science and suggests that it is a natural fit with what it will call the strong interpretation of the medical model in psychiatry. The chapter starts by distinguishing between strong and minimal ways to understand the medical model before it moves on to
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Philosophy of Medical Practice: A Discursive Approach

1997
In spite of the seminal work A Philosophical Basis of Medical Practice, the debate on the task and goals of philosophy of medicine still continues. From an European perspective it is argued that the main topics dealt with by Pellegrino and Thomasma are still particularly relevant to medical practice as a healing practice, while expressing the need for ...
Evert van Leeuwen, Gerrit K. Kimsma
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Philosophy of Advanced Medical Imaging

2021
This is the first book to explore the epistemology and ethics of advanced imaging tests, in order to improve the critical understanding of the nature of knowledge they provide and the practical consequences of their utilization in healthcare. Advanced medical imaging tests, such as PET and MRI, have gained center stage in medical research and in ...
Lalumera Elisabetta, Fanti Stefano
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Philosophy in Medical Education

In recent years, philosophy of science has increasingly engaged with scientific practice and with the distinctive features of various specific scientific disciplines. Simultaneously, a significant debate has been growing on teaching philosophy to scientists: reflections have been fostered on the role that some competence in philosophy can play for non ...
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Toward a philosophy of podiatric medical education

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association, 1993
Philosophy offers us the ability to think logically and critically about any field of knowledge, podiatric medical education included. By proceeding in an orderly manner, the growth of the profession will be ensured as long as the thinkers are willing to be truthful.
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