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Concepts of Disease and Health

WebConcepts of Disease and Health. First published Mon Sep 22, 2008; substantive revision Wed Mar 18, 2020. Health and disease are critical concepts in …

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Philosophy of Medicine

WebPhilosophy of medicine is a field that seeks to explore fundamental issues in theory, research, and practice within the health sciences, particularly metaphysical and …

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The Principle of Beneficence in Applied Ethics

WebBeneficent actions and motives have traditionally occupied a central place in morality. Common examples today are found in social welfare programs, scholarships for …

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The Sale of Human Organs

WebPermitting (or encouraging) organ sale will, it is claimed, save lives by (at least partially) alleviating the shortage of transplant organs. The saving of lives is a good …

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Public Health Ethics

WebPublic Health Ethics. First published Mon Apr 12, 2010; substantive revision Wed Jul 8, 2020. At its core, public health is concerned with promoting and protecting …

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Philosophy of Biomedicine

WebPhilosophy of Biomedicine. First published Thu Apr 9, 2020. Despite the simple name, biomedicine is not simply the area of overlap between biology and …

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Justice, Inequality, and Health

WebJustice, Inequality, and Health. Among American men, there is a 14.6 year difference in life expectancy between the top 1% and the bottom 1% of the income …

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Well-Being (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

WebBibliography. Fletcher (2016a) is an excellent introduction to the philosophy of well-being; for a very clear overview, see Hooker (2015). Some significant recent works …

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Privacy and Medicine

WebIndividuals, organizations and governments value and protect medical privacy (Francis and Francis 2017; Beauchamp and Childress 2008; Humber and …

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Nietzsche’s Life and Works

WebNietzsche’s Life and Works. Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) was a German philosopher of the late 19th century who challenged the foundations of Christianity and …

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Chinese Philosophy and Chinese Medicine

WebZhang Xichun was trained by his father in traditional medicine from youth, but he was also educated in the classics of Chinese philosophy. He became a leading …

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Environmental Ethics

WebEnvironmental ethics is the discipline in philosophy that studies the moral relationship of human beings to, and also the value and moral status of, the environment …

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Justice and Access to Health Care

WebJustice and Access to Health Care. First published Mon Sep 29, 2008; substantive revision Fri Oct 20, 2017. Many societies, and nearly all wealthy, developed …

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Friedrich Nietzsche

WebFriedrich Nietzsche. Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) was a German philosopher and cultural critic who published intensively in the 1870s and 1880s. He is …

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Philosophy of Psychiatry

WebPhilosophy of Psychiatry. First published Wed Jul 28, 2010; substantive revision Sat Jul 11, 2020. Philosophical discussions of mental illness fall into three …

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Mental Disorder (Illness)

WebMental Disorder (Illness) Mental disorder (earlier entitled “illness” or “disease”), is ascribed to deviations from normal thoughts, reasoning, feelings, attitudes, …

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