Diagnosis: Philosophical and Medical Perspectives

by Joseph Agassi and Nathaniel Laor

Book Overview

1. GENERAL The term "diagnostics" refers to the general theory of diagnosis, not to the study of specific diagnoses but to their general framework. It borrows from different sciences and from different philosophies. Traditionally, the general framework of diagnostics was not distinguished from the framework of medicine. It was not taught in special courses in any systematic way; it was not accorded special attention: students absorbed it intuitively...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 079230845X
• ISBN13: 9780792308454
• Release Date: September 1990
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 263 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"