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(1982) New knowledge in the biomedical sciences, Dordrecht, Springer.
Medical knowledge as a social product
rights, risks, and responsibilities
Mark W. Wartofsky
pp. 113-130
Let me sketch the program of this paper at the outset. I will begin with some scene setting: a brief account of the crisis in medicine. Then I will pose a problem: the need for a theoretical model of medicine in terms of which to approach the crisis. I will go on to analyze the problem in terms of some of the fundamental concepts involved in the construction of the theoretical model — specifically, the nature of medical knowledge, and the rights, risks and responsibilities which are involved in its acquisition, possession, and use. Finally, I will suggest the direction of a resolution of the crisis, in terms of the theoretical model. In effect, I am offering a foray into some conceptual philosophical muddles which characterize the systematic thought concerning these questions.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-7723-5_9
Full citation:
Wartofsky, M.W. (1982)., Medical knowledge as a social product: rights, risks, and responsibilities, in W. B. Bondeson, T. Engelhardt, S. Spicker & J. M. White Jr (eds.), New knowledge in the biomedical sciences, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 113-130.
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