Reframing Disease Contextually [Paperback]

This volume will be of interest to philosophers of medicine, bioethicists, and philosophers, medical professionals, historians of western medicine, and health policymakers. The book provides an overview of key debates in the history of modern western medicine on the nature, knowledge, and value of disease. It includes case studies of e.g. AIDS, genetic disease, and gendered disease.

Reframing Disease Contextually will be of particular interest to philosophers of medicine, bioethicists, and philosophers. It may also be of value to medical professionals, historians of western medicine, and health policy makers who take interest in the conceptual foundations of medicine.

This book:
- provides an overview of key debates in the history of modern western medicine on the nature, knowledge, and value of disease;
- illustrates how these debates relate;
- provides a contextual or localized way of understanding disease;
- includes case studies of e.g. AIDS, genetic disease, and gendered disease;
- conveys the importance of the intersection and interrelation between and among factors that make up disease;
- illustrates how bioethical discussions about disease naming, classification, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment are part of a much greater discussion in philosophy of medicine.

Preface. 1: Introduction. 1. Why Study Disease? 2. Four Philosophical Debates. 3. Occasion for Inquiry. 4. Limitations. 5. Program for Investigation. 6. Closing. Chapter Endnotes. 2: The Development of Disease: The Case of AIDS. 1. Explaining AIDS. 2. Knowing and Treating in Clinical Medicine. 3. Negotiating the Ways of Clinical Explanation. 4. Closing. Chapter Endnotes. 3: The Nature of Disease. 1. What is Disease? A Debate. 2.Limited Realism: Disease as Relation. 3. Closing. Chapter Endnotes. 4: Knowing Disease. 1. How do We Know Disease? A Debate. 2. RlL