Health, Illness and Disease

Name: Health, Illness and Disease
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What counts as health or ill health? How do we deal with the fallibility of our own bodies? Should illness and disease be considered simply in biological terms, or should considerations of its emotional impact dictate our treatment of it? Our understanding of health and illness had become increasingly more complex in the modern world, as we are able to use medicine not only to fight disease but to control other aspects of our bodies, whether mood, blood pressure, or cholesterol. This collection of essays foregrounds the concepts of health and illness and patient experience within the philosophy of medicine, reflecting on the relationship between the ill person and society. Mental illness is considered alongside physical disease, and the important ramifications of society's differentiation between the two are brought to light. Health, Illness and Disease is a significant contribution to shaping the parameters of the evolving field of philosophy of medicine and will be of interest to medical practitioners and policy-makers as well as philosophers of science and ethicists.

Author Biography:

Havi Carel is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at UWE, Bristol. She is the author of Illness (Acumen, 2008). Rachel Cooper is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Lancaster University. Her books include Psychiatry and Philosophy of Science (Acumen, 2007).

Release date Australia

November 1st, 2012

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General (US: Trade)
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Pages

256

Dimensions

156x234x28

ISBN-13

9781844655434

Product ID

19844676

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