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BL
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736217
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b556061
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edited by James M. Humber and Robert F. Almeder.
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What is disease?\ edited by James M. Humber and Robert F. Almeder.
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| Publication Statement
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Totowa, N.J.: Humana Press, 1997
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| Series Statement
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Biomedical ethics reviews, 1997.
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(ix, 361 pages) : illustrations
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| ISBN
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1592594514
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: 1617370150
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: 9781592594511
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: 9781617370151
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| Contents
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Rebuttal on health / Christopher Boorse --;Defining disease : the question of sexual orientation / Michael Ruse --;Malady / K. Danner Clouser, Charles M. Culver, and Bernard Gert --;Toward a pragmatic theory of disease / George J. Agich --;Defining disease : praxis makes perfect / John D. Banja --;Disease : definition and objectivity / Frederick Kaufman --;Disease and subjectivity / Stan van Hoof --;Concept of disease in alternative medicine / Mark B. Woodhouse.
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Renowned philosophers and medical ethicists debate and discuss the profoundly important concepts of disease and health. Christopher Boorse begins with an extensive reexamination of his seminal definition of disease as a value-free scientific concept.
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Disease -- psychology.
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Pathology -- Philosophy.
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Philosophy, Medical.
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RB112.E358 1997
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James M Humber
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Robert F Almeder
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