Title: Health, disease, and causal explanations in medicine /
Authors: Nordenfelt, Lennart,; Lindahl, B. Ingemar B.; Nordic Symposium on the Philosophy of Medicine
Date: 1984
Publisher: Reidel ;
Physical description: xxx, 256 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: R
Abstract: This book contains papers presented at the First Nordic Symposium on the Philosophy of Medicine, held May 13-15, 1982, in Stockholm. The topics for the symposium included (1) the concepts of health and disease, (2) classification in medicine, and (3) causality and causal explanations in medicine. The majority of the participants were Scandinavian but the symposium was also able to welcome four distinguished guests from other parts of the world, Professors Stuart F. Spicker and H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr., U.S.A., Dr Anne M. Fagot, France, and Dr Werner Morbach, West Germany. The latter represented Professor Kazem Sadegh-zadeh, who unfortunately was prevented from attending. One of the main purposes of this symposium was to bring together people in Scandinavia who at present work within the field of Philosophy of Medi­cine.
Contents: On the concepts of health and disease -- On definition and classification in medicine -- On causal thinking medicine ; Casual analysis -- Causal selection -- Causal explanation -- Other topics on causality.
Notes: Papers presented at the First Nordic Symposium on the Philosophy of Medicine, held May 13-15, 1982, in Stockholm.
Subject headings (LCSH): Medicine--Philosophy--Congresses.