The enigma of health
Subtitle: the art of healing in a scientific age
By: Hans-Georg Gadamer ; translated by Jason Gaiger and Nicholas Walker.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Stanford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
Subjects: Health; Diseases; Medicine
Description: Discusses the transofrmations in human self-understanding wrought by the scientific world-view, focusing in particular on the unparalleled achievements of modern medicine. The author explores the ethical and humanist issues raised by the technological successes of modern clinical practice, and relates them to the classical conception of "praxis" in the philosophical tradition. [Back cover].
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.