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    Philosophy for medicine : applications in a clinical context / edited by Martyn Evans, Pekka Louhiala, and Raimo Puustinen.

    • Title:Philosophy for medicine : applications in a clinical context / edited by Martyn Evans, Pekka Louhiala, and Raimo Puustinen.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Evans, Martyn, 1956-
      Louhiala, Pekka.
      Puustinen, Raimo.
    • Published/Created:Oxford ; San Francisco : Radcliffe Medical Press, ©2004.
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    • Medical Subjects:Philosophy, Medical.
    • Description:ix, 157 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:1857759435
    • Contents:day begins...
      introduction to the philosophy of medicine / Martyn Evans
      clinical encounter as the core of medicine / Raimo Puustinen
      problem of knowledge in medicine / Pentti Alanen
      Guilt, shame and medicine / William Stempsey
      Cultural assumptions in medical theory and practice / Shinik Kang
      aesthetics of clinical practice / Paul Wainwright
      Uncertainty in medicine / John Saunders
      Philosophy of medicine and changing traditions / Heikki S. Vuorinen
      Medicine as a moral enterprise / Pekka Louhiala
      My first 50 years in medical theory, practice and philosophy of medicine / Pekka Vuoria
      day ends.
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