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9780878408450

The Goals of Medicine: The Forgotten Issues in Health Care Reform

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  • ISBN13:

    9780878408450

  • ISBN10:

    0878408452

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-01-01
  • Publisher: Georgetown Univ Pr

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. vii
Introductionp. ix
The Goals of Medicine: Setting New Prioritiesp. 1
The Goals and Ends of Medicine: How Are They to Be Defined?p. 55
On Medicine and Other Means of Health Enhancement: Towards a Conceptual Frameworkp. 69
What Kind of Values? a Historical Perspective on the Ends of Medicinep. 88
Pain, Suffering, and the Goals of Medicinep. 101
Symptoms or Persons? a Question for Setting the Goals of Medicinep. 118
The Idea of Progress and the Goals of Medicinep. 137
Old Age: Something to Look Forward To?p. 152
Genetic Medicine: a New Copernican Turning Point?p. 162
The Goals of Medicine and Public Healthp. 174
Rethinking Doctor Think: Reforming Medical Education by Nurturing Neglected Goalsp. 181
Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Goals of Medicinep. 198
The Future of Medicine: an Analytical Frameworkp. 207
On the Goals of Medicine: Reflections and Distinctionsp. 216
Negotiating the Goals of Medicinep. 221
Contributorsp. 229
Indexp. 231
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