Publication

2020 - Springer International Publishing AG

Language

English

Word Count

60,250 words, Guess

Page Count

241 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139783030412418
  • ISBN-103030412415
  • Better World Books9783030412418
  • Open LibraryOL37317148M

Classifications

  • LCCQH332

Description

This open access book is a unique resource for health professionals who are interested in understanding the philosophical foundations of their daily practice. It provides tools for untangling the motivations and rationality behind the way medicine and healthcare is studied, evaluated and practiced. In particular, it illustrates the impact that thinking about causation, complexity and evidence has on the clinical encounter. The book shows how medicine is grounded in philosophical assumptions that could at least be challenged. By engaging with ideas that have shaped the medical profession, clinicians are empowered to actively take part in setting the premises for their own practice and knowledge development. Written in an engaging and accessible style, with contributions from experienced clinicians, this book presents a new philosophical framework that takes causal complexity, individual variation and medical uniqueness as default expectations for health and illness.

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Other Editions

  • Rethinking Causality, Complexity and Evidence for the Unique PatientSpringer International Publishing AG2020

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