The philosophy of medicine : framing the field / edited by H. Tristam Engelhardt, Jr.

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, [2000], ©2000.

viii, 250 pages ; 23 cm.

The philosophy of medicine and bioethics: an introduction to the framing of a field -- Bodies of knowledge, philosophical anthropology, and philosophy of medicine -- Bodies, body parts, and body language: reflections on ontology and personal identity in medical practice -- Bodies and minds in the philosophy of medicine: organ sales and the lived body -- Accommodating death: euthanasia in the Netherlands -- Why should anyone listen to ethics consultants? -- Changing views of paternalism in research: AIDS activists demand change -- Three designations of disorder: diversity, disease, and determinism in psychiatric thought and practice -- Equity and the health effects of urbanization -- Engelhardt on Kant's moral foundations and Hegel's category of the State -- Bole on Kant, Hegel, and Engelhardt: a brief reply -- Epilogue: the use of the past.

Includes bibliographical references and index.