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Brings Together Classic And Contemporary Thinkers To Examine The History, State, And Future Of Ever-changing Concepts In Medicine. Divided Into Four Parts--historical Discussions; Characterizing Health, Disease, And Illness; Clinical Applications Of Health And Disease; And Normalcy, Genetic Disease, And Enhancement: The Future Of The Concepts Of Health And Disease--the Reader Can See The Evolutionary Arc Of Medical Concepts From The Greek Physician Galen Of Pergamum (ca. 150 Ce) Who Proposed That The Best Doctor Is Also A Philosopher, To Contemporary Discussions Of The Genome And Morality. The Editors Have Recognized A Crucial Need For A Deeper Integration Of Medicine And Philosophy With Each Other, Particularly In An Age Of Dynamically Changing Medical Science--and What It Means, Medically, Philosophically, To Be Human. Foreword : Renewing Medicine's Basic Concepts / Edmund D. Pellegrino -- 1. From On The Natural Faculties Ii, Viii / Galen -- 2. Diseases Of The Soul / Maimonides -- 3. Prometheus's Vulture : The Renaissance Fashioning Of Gout / Roy Porter And G. S. Rousseau -- 4. Report On The Diseases And Physical Peculiarities Of The Negro Race / Samuel A. Cartwright -- 5. Normal

Who reads Health, Disease, and Illness : Concepts in Medicine?

Author

Arthur L. Caplan; James J. McCartney; Dominic A. Sisti

Publisher

Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9781589010147

Category

health

Subjects

Medical, Science, Philosophy

Rating

4.2 / 5 (10 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14