The Ethics of Diagnosis (Philosophy and Medicine)
Contributors: José Luis Peset (Editor); Diego Gracia Guillén (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: December 31, 1899
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780792315445
Subjects: Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Medicine; History; Diagnosis; Medical Ethics; Philosophy; Medical / Nursing; Moral and ethical aspects; Ethics; Philosophy / Mind & Body; General; Ethics, Medical
First sentence: Every human act that implies a relation with the external world, as is the case with medical diagnosis, presupposes a cognitive distancing of the agent from the area of reality to which the act refers.