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This project draws together the diverse strands of the debate regarding disability in a way never before combined in a single volume. After providing a representative sampling of competing philosophical approaches to the conceptualization of disability as such, the volume goes on to address such themes as the complex interplay between disability and quality of life, questions of social justice as it relates to disability, and the personal dimensions of the disability experience. By explicitly locating the discussion of various applied ethical questions within the broader theoretical context of how disability is best conceptualized, the volume seeks to bridge the gap between abstract philosophical musings about the nature of disease, illness and disability found in much of the philosophy of medicine literature, on the one hand, and the comparatively concrete but less philosophical discourse frequently encountered in much of the disability studies literature. It also critically examines various claims advanced by disability advocates, as well as those of their critics. In bringing together leading scholars in the fields of moral theory, bioethics, and disability studies, this volume makes a unique contribution to the scholarly literature, while also offering a valuable resource to instructors and students interested in a text that critically examines and assesses various approaches to some of the most vexing problems in contemporary social and political philosophy.

Philosophy. --- Philosophy of Medicine. --- Theory of Medicine/Bioethics. --- Political Philosophy. --- Ethics. --- Quality of Life Research. --- Philosophy (General). --- Ethics. --- medicine --- Political science --- Quality of Life. --- Medical ethics. --- Quality of Life --- Morale --- Science politique --- Ethique médicale --- Philosophy. --- Philosophy. --- Research. --- Philosophie

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What we now call ‘deep venous thrombosis’ (DVT) has been studied in diverse ways during the last 200–300 years. Each of these approaches contributes to a full modern understanding of aetiology. Therefore, much of this book is a historical survey of the field. However, our remit is broader than the title might suggest: the evolution of ideas about DVT is typical in many ways of medical biology as a whole. Thus, although the aetiology of DVT may seem a narrow topic for a monograph – it implicitly excludes arterial thrombosis and marginalises prophylaxis, therapy, and even such clinically significant sequelae as pulmonary embolism – we hope to engage the reader in a much more general inquiry. Our historical investigation reveals a 160-year-old schism between two contrasting philosophies of medical and biological research, a schism that is particularly – but by no means uniquely – relevant to the study of DVT. In principle, these philosophies should be complementary rather than competing. So while we wish to elucidate the aetiology of DVT per se, we are also concerned with a more abstract and wide-ranging issue: the future accommodation or rapprochement between two conceptual and methodological traditions.

Thrombophlebitis --- Veins --- Etiology. --- Diseases --- Blood-vessels --- Venous thrombosis --- Phlebitis --- Thrombosis --- Hematology. --- Pathology. --- Medicine. --- Vascular Surgery. --- Medicine-Philosophy. --- History of Medicine. --- Philosophy of Medicine. --- Disease (Pathology) --- Medical sciences --- Medicine --- Medicine, Preventive --- Haematology --- Internal medicine --- Blood --- Vascular surgery --- Clinical sciences --- Medical profession --- Human biology --- Life sciences --- Pathology --- Physicians --- Health Workforce --- Medicine—History. --- Vascular surgery. --- Medicine—Philosophy.

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Medical healing implies knowledge of the assumptions that underlie our understanding of "health," and, concomitantly, how we define well being and its opposites, illness and disease. Today, health, health care (business, wellness, recreation), and medicine (especially research-driven scientific medicine) have become separate entities with different institutions, budgets, marketing philosophies and "corporate cultures". Furthermore, healing is individual and subjective, yet at the same time also culturally determined. The present volume brings together papers on these topics in an unique interdisciplinary approach. The book provides an ethical framework for healthcare from a political perspective. It discusses definitions of the terminology of healing and health and their ethical and medical implications including their historical contexts. A separate section expands the theme of the cultural constructedness of healing by the concepts of traditional Chinese medicine and homeopathy. Modern medicine has a strong focus on acute care, which urgently needs to place greater emphasis on preventive medicine including the crucial importance of social factors on health and on the emergence of "public health". The point of view of Business Concepts, their potential and limitations are by no means neglected and the legal ramifications of genetic research and innovative medical strategies with regard to some of our most foundational notions are discussed.

Philosophy of science --- Social ethics --- Professional ethics. Deontology --- Hygiene. Public health. Protection --- Human medicine --- Medical ethics. --- Medicine-Philosophy. --- Medicine. --- Public Health. --- Theory of Medicine/Bioethics. --- Philosophy of Medicine. --- History of Medicine. --- Health Workforce --- Biomedical ethics --- Clinical ethics --- Ethics, Medical --- Health care ethics --- Medical care --- Medicine --- Bioethics --- Professional ethics --- Nursing ethics --- Social medicine --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Public health. --- Medicine—Philosophy. --- Medicine—History. --- Community health --- Health services --- Hygiene, Public --- Hygiene, Social --- Public health services --- Public hygiene --- Social hygiene --- Health --- Human services --- Biosecurity --- Health literacy --- Medicine, Preventive --- National health services --- Sanitation

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Moral Dilemmas in Real Life purports to supply ways of thinking of, perhaps even dealing with, the ins and outs of ethical argument.such argument. The world today presents both individuals and communities with situations, which demand moral and ethical deliberations. From the more general issues of universal globalization to the very specific problems of every-day existence encountered by active agents, contemporary life is replete with moral and ethical conundrums. Any thinking person is required, so it seems, to be concerned, involved, or – at the very least – conversant with these issues and this book supplies the wherewithal needed. Applied ethics is that intellectual locale where theory meets praxis. Moral Dilemmas in Real Life is designed to make that meeting point explicit, by presenting a series of issues in well-grounded philosophical formulations. The book begins with the general relation between the individual and society – instilling ethical tension, and even clashes, between the private and the public in our discourse. Going on, from general to specific, it gradually narrows the ethical playing field to touch on medical ethics, the family, and the practice of punishment. In all cases, the book addresses both consensual and conventional social institutions and distortions thereof.

ethiek --- Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- recht --- filosofie --- General ethics --- Engineering sciences. Technology --- ingenieurswetenschappen --- geneeskunde --- History of human medicine --- Legal theory and methods. Philosophy of law --- Applied ethics. --- Civil rights --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Basic rights --- Civil liberties --- Constitutional rights --- Fundamental rights --- Rights, Civil --- Constitutional law --- Human rights --- Political persecution --- Practical ethics --- Ethics --- Casuistry --- Ethical problems --- Law and legislation --- Ethics. --- Philosophy of law. --- Political science --- Medicine-Philosophy. --- Philosophy. --- Philosophy of Law. --- Political Philosophy. --- Philosophy of Medicine. --- Philosophy of Technology. --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- Political philosophy --- Deontology --- Ethics, Primitive --- Ethology --- Moral philosophy --- Morality --- Morals --- Philosophy, Moral --- Science, Moral --- Philosophy --- Values --- Medicine --- Medical logic --- Health Workforce --- Political science. --- Political philosophy. --- Medicine—Philosophy. --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The