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Marcum, James A., An introductory philosophy of medicine: humanizing modern medicine

Marcum, James A., An introductory philosophy of medicine: humanizing modern medicine Theor Med Bioeth (2010) 31:391–393 DOI 10.1007/s11017-009-9115-3 BOOK REVIEW Marcum, James A., An introductory philosophy of medicine: humanizing modern medicine Springer, New York, 2008, 376 pp., $149 (hardcover), 1-40-2067968 Robyn Bluhm Published online: 30 August 2009 Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009 James Marcum’s An Introductory Philosophy of Medicine provides a comprehen- sive overview of philosophical issues in medicine. The book begins with an introduction surveying the debates that occurred during the 1970s and 80s about the existence and status of philosophy of medicine as a distinct discipline (as opposed to, for example, a combination of philosophy of science and ethics). Marcum then offers his own definition of philosophy of medicine: ‘‘the metaphysical and ontological, the epistemological, and the axiological and ethical analyses of different models for medical knowledge and practice’’ (p. 8). This definition also guides the structure of the rest of the book, which is divided into three sections: metaphysics, epistemology and ethics. Each chapter covers a separate topic falling under one of these headings, and within each chapter, two medical models are assessed and compared. In the biomedical model, ‘‘the patient is reduced to a physical body composed of separate body parts that occupy a machine- world’’ http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics Springer Journals

Marcum, James A., An introductory philosophy of medicine: humanizing modern medicine

Bluhm, Robyn
Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics , Volume 31 (5) – Aug 30, 2009
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Copyright © 2009 by Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
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Philosophy; Philosophy of Medicine; Ethics; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics; History of Medicine; General Surgery
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1386-7415
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1573-1200
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10.1007/s11017-009-9115-3
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Theor Med Bioeth (2010) 31:391–393 DOI 10.1007/s11017-009-9115-3 BOOK REVIEW Marcum, James A., An introductory philosophy of medicine: humanizing modern medicine Springer, New York, 2008, 376 pp., $149 (hardcover), 1-40-2067968 Robyn Bluhm Published online: 30 August 2009 Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009 James Marcum’s An Introductory Philosophy of Medicine provides a comprehen- sive overview of philosophical issues in medicine. The book begins with an introduction surveying the debates that occurred during the 1970s and 80s about the existence and status of philosophy of medicine as a distinct discipline (as opposed to, for example, a combination of philosophy of science and ethics). Marcum then offers his own definition of philosophy of medicine: ‘‘the metaphysical and ontological, the epistemological, and the axiological and ethical analyses of different models for medical knowledge and practice’’ (p. 8). This definition also guides the structure of the rest of the book, which is divided into three sections: metaphysics, epistemology and ethics. Each chapter covers a separate topic falling under one of these headings, and within each chapter, two medical models are assessed and compared. In the biomedical model, ‘‘the patient is reduced to a physical body composed of separate body parts that occupy a machine- world’’

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