Borrowed philosophy: Bedside physicalism and the need for a sui generis metaphysic of medicine

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 961-964

  Whatley, Shawn D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

biomedicalism; clinical judgment; doctor patient relationship; epistemology; humanities; medical humanities; medicine of the whole person; person centered care; personalized medicine; philosophy; physicalism; reductionism; science

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEDSIDE PHYSICALISM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; EPISTEMOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL HUMANITIES; MEDICAL SCHOOL; METAPHYSICS; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; CLINICAL MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRENDS;

CLINICAL MEDICINE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METAPHYSICS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84922954338     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jep.12214     Document Type: Article

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