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Philosophy of medicine --- Philosophy of medicine. --- Medicine --- Philosophy

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Medicine --- Médecine --- History --- Histoire --- 0 Medicine --- History of medicine --- Philosophy of medicine --- General --- Philosophy of medicine. --- General. --- Médecine --- Medicine - History

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Pediatricians --- Medical scientists --- Jews --- Scientifiques en médecine --- Juifs --- Biography. --- Biographies --- Biographie --- Minkowski, Alexandre. --- Biography --- Minkowski, Alexandre --- Religion --- Dissertations --- Medicine and literature --- Philosophy of medicine --- Philosophy --- Books by and on physicians --- Biographies. --- Dissertations. --- Philosophy of medicine. --- Philosophy. --- Books by and on physicians. --- Scientifiques en médecine --- Médecine --- Médecins --- Pediatricians - France - Biography --- Medical scientists - France - Biography --- Jews - France - Biography

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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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Human existence is marked by pain, limitation, disability, disease, suffering, and death. These facts of life and of death give ample grounds for characterizing much of the human condition as unfortunate. A core philosophical question is whether the circumstances are in addition unfair or unjust in the sense of justifying claims on the resources, time, and abilities of others. The temptation to use the languages of rights and of justice is und- standable. Faced with pain, disability, and death, it seems natural to complain that "someone should do something", "this is unfair", or "it just isn't fight that people should suffer this way". Yet it is one thing to complain about the unfairness of another's actions, and another thing to complain about the unfairness of biological or physical processes. If no one is to blame for one's illness, disability, or death, in what sense are one's unfortunate circumstances unfair or unjust? How can claims against others for aid and support arise if no one has caused the unfortunate state of affairs? To justify the languages of fights to health care or justice in health care requires showing why particular unfortunate circumstances are also unfair, in the sense of demanding the labors of others. It requires understanding as well the limits of property claims. After all, claims regarding justice in health care or about fights to health care limit the property fights of those whose resources will be used to provide care.

Beneficence --- Patient Advocacy --- Policy Making --- Reference Standards --- Weights and Measures --- Philosophy. --- Medicine --- Medical ethics. --- Economics. --- Management science. --- Philosophy of Medicine. --- Economics, general. --- Theory of Medicine/Bioethics. --- Medical policy --- Right to health --- Right to health care --- Congresses --- Medicine-Philosophy. --- Medicine—Philosophy.