A dialogical exploration of the grey zone of health and illness: Medical science, anthropology, and Plato on alcohol consumption

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 81-103

  Bonner, Kieran ^a  

^a ST JEROME S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Anthropology; Grey zone; Health and well being; Medical science; Phenomenological hermeneutics; Plato, Gadamer, Blum and McHugh

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUNKENNESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; ORIENTATION; PHENOMENOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ANTHROPOLOGY; CANADA; COST OF ILLNESS; GREEK WORLD; HEALTH STATUS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 64249124068     PISSN: 13867415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11017-009-9098-0     Document Type: Article

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