Quo Vadis Medical Healing: Past Concepts and New Approaches

Book Overview

List of contributors Preface Susanna Elm and Stefan N. Willich 1. Philosophical and Ethical Foundations How Political is the Future of Healthcare? The Example of Allocating Scarce Resources in Liberal Democracy Annette Schulz-Baldes The Concept of Disease and Medical Action - A Reciprocal Relationship and its Relevance for Modern Medicine Thomas Heinemann 2. Concepts of Healing in History Medicine between Natural Philosophy and Physician's Practice:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048180317
• ISBN13: 9789048180318
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"