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Philosophy of Epidemiology (Hardcover)
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Philosophy of Epidemiology (Hardcover)
Series: New Directions in the Philosophy of Science
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Epidemiology, the study of population health by means of group
comparisons, is of increasing importance to health policy and
medicine, but it has never before received sustained philosophical
attention. This book is the first comprehensive philosophical
treatment of the science of epidemiology, drawing together material
on causation, causal inference, prediction, the interpretation of
effect measures, the nature of disease, and legal uses of
epidemiological evidence. Old philosophical problems are seen from
new angles, especially general causation, causal explanation, and
the use of causal knowledge to predict. The conceptual development
of epidemiology is invigorated by a critical examination of
foundational doctrines. Causal inference, interaction, the
interpretation of measures of attributability, risk relativism, and
the notion of multifactorial disease are all scrutinized. The
attempted use of epidemiological evidence in legal context is also
analyzed, along with the philosophical problems it throws up. This
book is essential reading for any professional or lay reader with
an interest in understanding the conceptual and methodological
foundations of epidemiology, as well as its difficulties.
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