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Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 333-346

  Simon, Jeremy R ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anti realism; Conditions; Diseases; Metaphysics; Ontology; Philosophy of medicine; Realism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HUMAN; METAPHYSICS; PHILOSOPHY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE; HUMANS; METAPHYSICS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 77958196427     PISSN: 13867415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11017-010-9153-x     Document Type: Article

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