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World philosophy |
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World philosophy series.
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THE SCEPTICAEMIC SURGEON: HOW NOT TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE; THE SCEPTICAEMIC SURGEON: HOW NOT TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; From the General to the Particular; Scientific and Moral Philosophy; Chapter 1: Karl Popper Memorial Lecture; Introduction; The Philosophical Surgeon; The Epistemology of Medicine; Inductive Logic versus Deductive Logic; Deductive Logic and the Randomised Controlled Trial; Breast Cancer and the Randomised Controlled Trial; Conclusion; References. |
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Chapter 2: Plato's Socratic Dialogues and the Epistemology of Modern MedicineJournal of the Royal Society of Medicine: 2010 Dec; 103(12):484-9; Chapter 3: Justice; References; Chapter 4: The Roles of the Learned Societies in Improving Quality of Life in the Context of Globalization; Bangkok, Thailand 2011; Cancer care and Quality of Life; (Annals of Medicine and Surgery Volume 1, Complete, Pages 16-18, 2012); Outcome Measures; Prevention; Screening; Surgery; Adjuvant Systemic Therapy; Radiotherapy; References; Chapter 5: Ethical Issues in Screening for Cancer. |
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Chapter 6: The Use and Abuse of Human Tissue: An Analysis of the Ethical Issues Raised by the Proposed Human Tissue ActHistorical Introduction; A Modern "Scandal"; A Question of Ownership; The Law of Unintended Consequences; Conclusion; Reference; Chapter 7: "Playing God -- Jewish Perspectives on Cloning and Genetic Engineering"; Medical Humanities; Chapter 8: The Re-Emerging Role of the Humanities in the Education of Medical Undergraduates; (Address to the Royal College of Physicians 2001,; published in Clinical Medicine, 2002, 2; 246 -249); Introduction. |
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Why Arts Courses for Medical Students?Philosophy of Science; Evidence Based Medicine; Holistic Medicine; Philosophy and Theology in Relation; to the Understanding and Teaching; of Medical Ethics; Literature and Theatre; The History and Execution of Fine Art; Musical Performance and Appreciation; How Can We Make This All Happen?; Conclusion; References; Chapter 9: Evidence Based Art?; (J R Soc Med 2001 94: 306-307); Chapter 10: Book Review for JRSM; The Healing Environment: Without and within; Edited by Deborah Kirklin & Ruth Richardson; Introduction; Conclusion; References. |
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Chapter 11: The Art of Oncology: The Changing Faces of Breast Cancer Treatment(Programme notes for IBCC 3, held in the Louvre, ; Paris 2009, sponsored by Sanfoni Aventis); Rembrandt's Bathsheba; References; Rafael's La Fornarina; References; Evelyn; References; Ruben's the Three Graces; References; Theodora; Acknowledgments; References; Alternative Medicine; Chapter 12: An Open Letter to HRH the Prince of Wales: With Respect Your Highness You've Got It Wrong; (BMJ 2004; 329:118); Chapter 13: Book Review "Whole Person Care: A New Paradigm for the 21st Century." |
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Michel de Montaigne invented the literary term ""essay"" derived from the French word essai, meaning to put on trial. In his collection of essays he describes his life's work in testing his responses to different subjects and situations, using his ego and alter ego as council for and against the case. In one such essay he writes, ""Why do doctors begin by practising on the credulity of their patients with so many false promises of a cure, if not to call the powers of the imagination to the aid of their fraudulent concoctions?"" It is hard to believe that this was written over 400 years ago, ye. |
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Medical ethics.
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Ethics, Medical |
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Éthique médicale.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Business Ethics.
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Medical ethics
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Baum, Michael, 1937- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Scepticaemic surgeon 9781634630504 (DLC) 2014036536 (OCoLC)890510665 |
| ISBN |
9781634631372 (electronic bk.) |
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1634631374 (electronic bk.) |
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9781634630504 |
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1634630505 |
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AU@ 000062590970 |
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