Medical Philosophy : A Philosophical Analysis of Patient Self-Perception in Diagnostics and Therapy.

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Introduction by William Tobey Horn -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 A brief history of Medical Philosophy -- 1.1 General Aspects -- 1.2 Application and epistemological considerations -- a) Defining the questions -- b) Medicine as art, science, and technology -- c) Self-Image, Academic Achievement, Healing Process -- Chapter 2 Philosophy as basic approach to Medicine -- 2.1 Hermeneutics and Evidence-Based Medicine -- 2.2 Truth in Method -- a) Understanding the Language -- b) Clinical Reasoning -- c) Medicine and Psychology: philosophical background and scientific method -- Chapter 3 Between Neuroscience and Phenomenology -- 3.1 Hegel, Merleau-Ponty and Natural Religion: where are we now? -- 3.2 Theoretically grounded, empirically supported: The mind-brain problem -- a) An analysis of terms -- b) Suggesting a model -- c) Explanation of the goal -- Chapter 4 The patient at the center of therapy -- 4.1 Patient's communication, perception and self-perception -- 4.2 The search for meaning -- a) Human, All Too Human -- b) Experimental Philosophy -- c) Mirror, Mirror on the Wall -- Chapter 5 Complementary, Alternative,Traditional Medicine -- 5.1 I shall please, I will please -- 5.2 Integrating, complementing, completing -- a) A logical examination: Central Medicine -- b) Efficacy, Efficiency, Effectiveness -- c) Culture and Identity -- Chapter 6 Beyond the realms of this world -- 6.1 Camus, Sartre, and God: where are we now? -- 6.2 Alfa et Omega, Diagnosis et Prognosis: -- a) The time of our life -- b) Multiple perspectives -- c) Near Death Experience and a Mindful Awareness -- Chapter 7 Translational science -- 7.1 Taxonomic considerations -- 7.2 Applied Medical Philosophy -- a) The Third Way -- b) Finding Balance -- c) Research and beyond -- Conclusion.

Afterword -- Appendix Empirical Research at the University of Vermont Medical Center -- References and Further Readings -- 1. Bibliography -- 2. Quoted Works -- 3. Other Sources.

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