On the Nature of Health : An Action-Theoretic Approach.

ON THE NATURE OF HEALTH -- ON THE NATURE OF HEALTH An Action-Theoretic Approach Second Revised and Enlarged Edition -- Copyright -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE SOME BASIC ISSUES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF HEALTH -- CHAPTER TWO AN ANALYTIC THEORY OF HEALTH: THE BIOSTATISTICAL THEORY (BST) -- CHAPTER THREE TOWARDS A HOLISTIC THEORY OF HEALTH -- CHAPTER FOUR ON THE FACTORS WHICH COMPROMISE HEALTH -- CHAPTER FIVE ON SOME SOCIETAL AND SCIENTIFIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE WELFARE NOTION OF HEALTH -- CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSIONS AND SUMMARY OF THE WELFARE THEORY OF HEALTH -- APPENDIX ON THE ONTOLOGY OF DISEASE -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- SUPPLEMENTARY BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- POSTSCRIPT 1994.

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