"Disease entity" as the key theoretical concept of medicine

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy (United Kingdom)

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 609-633

  Hucklenbroich, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boorse; Disease; Disease entity; Medical pathology; Pathologicity

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; HEALTH; HUMAN; MEDICINE; PATHOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DISEASE; HEALTH; HUMANS; MEDICINE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATHOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 84937511121     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: 17445019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmp/jhu040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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