Health as a normative concept: Towards a new conceptual framework

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 143-160

  Fedoryka, Kateryna ^a  

^a Internationale Akademie für Philosophie im Fürstentum Liechtenstein   (Liechtenstein)

Author keywords

Health; Objective good; Theoretical consistency; Value

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ARTICLE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HUMAN; PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH;

HEALTH; HUMANS; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 0031114635     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmp/22.2.143     Document Type: Article

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