An agenda for future debate on concepts of health and disease

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-27

  Khushf, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Concepts of health and disease; Demarcation criteria; Medical values; Normativism; Social constructivism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHNOLOGY; FORECASTING; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH; HUMAN; PHILOSOPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOLOGY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE; ETHICAL THEORY; FORECASTING; HEALTH; HUMANS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 33846559015     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-006-9021-7     Document Type: Article

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