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Disease and Diagnosis - Value-Dependent Realism (Hardcover, 1999 ed.)
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Disease and Diagnosis - Value-Dependent Realism (Hardcover, 1999 ed.)
Series: Philosophy and Medicine, 63
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The germs of the ideas in this book became implanted in me during
my experience as a resident in clinical pathology at Boston
University Medical Center. At the time, I had inklings that the
test results churned out by our laboratories were more than
scientific facts. As a philosophically unsophisticated young
physician, however, I had no language or framework to analyze what
I saw as a deep philosophical problem, a problem largely
unrecognized by most physicians. The test results provided by our
laboratories were accurate and of great practical importance for
patient care. However, most of the physicians who relied on our
test results to diagnose and treat their patients either did not
have the time or interest to consider the philosophical issues
inherent in diagnosis, or, like me, had inadequate means to further
analyze them. It was more than ten years later that I began
doctoral studies in philosophy, and I was fortunate to find a
faculty that was supportive ofmy efforts to address the problem.
This book began as my doctoral dissertation in the Department of
Philosophy at Georgetown University. I would like to acknowledge
the assistance of my mentor, Robert Veatch, Ph. D. Our
conversations during my Georgetown years led me in new and often
fascinating directions. I would also like to acknowledge the help
of Kenneth Schaffner, M. D. , Ph. D.
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