Conceptual and ethical challenges of evolutionary medicine / Ozan Altinok.
Altinok, Ozan, author.
2023
R725.5
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Title Conceptual and ethical challenges of evolutionary medicine / Ozan Altinok.
Author Altinok, Ozan, author.
ISBN 9783031457661 (electronic bk.)
3031457668 (electronic bk.)
9783031457654
303145765X
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45766-1
Published Cham : Springer, [2023]
Copyright ©2023
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xiv, 188 pages) : illustrations.
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-031-45766-1 doi
Call Number R725.5
Dewey Decimal Classification 174.2
Summary This book analyses the concept of disease, as defined in the context of evolutionary medicine. Upon introducing the reader to evolutionary medicine in its current form and describing its approach to disease instances, the book leverages thoughts and instruments of knowledge of epistemology, social sciences, and ethics to answer the question: “How can we build a timely and appropriate concept of disease?” At first, it looks at the social concerns of medicalization, for example focusing on the suffering of people who have not been diagnosed, or whose suffering is not caused by certain elements that falls under the definitions of disease. In turn, it merges different, both conceptual and empirical considerations in one comprehensive analysis, with the aim of fostering a multidisciplinary understanding of the phenomenon of disease. This book also highlights certain kinds of epistemic injustices that are taking place in the healthcare system, as this is currently conceived in post-industrial societies, thus offering a timely contribution to the current debate around social justice in healthcare.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 15, 2023).
Series Wissenschaftsethik und Technikfolgenbeurteilung ; Bd. 53. 1860-4811
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Introduction
Finding Value in Concepts
Meaning as Definition and Meaning as Use
Locating the Conceptual Change in Scientific Research
The Concept of Disease in the Traditional Debates
Evolution and Evolutionary Medicine in Disease
New Developments in Evolutionary Theory and Evolutionary Medicine, New Frontiers for Evolutionary Medicine
Conclusion.

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