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Medicine as a Scholarly Field: An Introduction (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015)
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Medicine as a Scholarly Field: An Introduction (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015)
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This book exposes, and fills, a notable void in the educational
content generally covered in modern schools of medicine. It
provides an introduction to the field at large in terms of content
that is relevant for each of the specialties and subspecialties of
medicine; and to this end, it addresses the modern counterpart of
the Hippocratic philosophy that was at the root of the genesis of
modern medicine. The much-needed but still-missing introductory
content for the interdisciplinary 'medical common,' provided in
this book, addresses mainly the most elementary concepts and
principles of medicine. Those concepts flow, hierarchically, from
the essence of (health and) ill-health/illness for one and that of
medicine for another, both of these critically formulated; and
those principles are dictates of logic and ethics, both specific to
medicine. While a modern physician is expected to be competent as a
scholar in his/her particular discipline of medicine, study of this
book is essential for the development of that competence -- for
learning, for example, to make a tenable distinction between
scientific medicine and medical science, and between
knowledge-based medicine (scientific and other) and its
opinion-based substitutes ('evidence-based' and other). "To me it
is astonishing and to medicine actually shameful that it has taken
up to year 2015 before there is a work in which the essence of
medicine is described and discussed." -- J. Steurer, University of
Zurich "[In this book], Miettinen beautifully elucidates the
concepts and principles of knowledge-based diagnosis, and
prognosis, within medicine. Now, after six decades of keen
observation and study, and critical reflection on medicine and
medical research, Miettinen, in this book, shares the fundamental
understandings he has reached; ..." -- T. J. VanderWeele, Harvard
University "The aim of this book ... is admirable. The composition
of the book -- from the key concepts to logical and ethical
principles -- is very clear and systematic. I am convinced that
this kind of book is needed." -- I. Niiniluoto, University of
Helsinki
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