A qualified defence of a naturalist theory of health

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-17

  Schramme, Thomas ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Definitions in medicine; Disease; Medicalization; Naturalism; Normativism; Positive concept of health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHNOLOGY; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH; HUMAN; NATURAL SCIENCE; PHILOSOPHY; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOLOGY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE; ETHICAL THEORY; HEALTH; HUMANS; NATURE; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 33846526089     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-006-9020-8     Document Type: Article

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