Means, Ends and Medical Care: Philosophy and Medicine, cartea 92
Autor H.G. Wrighten Limba Engleză Hardback – 7 apr 2007
However, Wright’s project is not merely critical. More constructively, he draws extensively on empirical research coming out of the cognitive sciences concerning the nature of concepts, reasoning, and judgment, and he then appropriates this research into a broader pragmatist philosophical framework developed by the American philosopher John Dewey. Wright finds in Dewey’s theories of mind, thought, and experience a comprehensive account of human thinking that adequately captures the complexity of actual human conceptualization and reasoning. At the heart of this new view lies anacknowledgment of the central role of imagination and values in all of our thinking. He shows how we actually make sense of our experience by employing cognitive prototypes, metaphorically-defined concepts, radially structured categories, and other processes of imaginative reflection and evaluation. The result of Wright’s alternative view of mind and medical judgment is a practically useful model of medical reasoning that, although not specifiable by a set of fixed rules, can yet give realistic guidance for medical decisions. It is a sensitive model that each of us would want our own physicians to adopt.
Prof. Mark Johnson, Department of Philosophy, University of Oregon
'This is one of the best books I have read that addresses Dewey's method of intelligence in the context of practical, including clinical, decision-making. I loved it.'
Prof. Griffin Trotter, Center for Health Care Ethics, Saint Louis University, USA
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781402052910
ISBN-10: 140205291X
Pagini: 179
Ilustrații: VI, 184 p.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:2007
Editura: SPRINGER NETHERLANDS
Colecția Springer
Seria Philosophy and Medicine
Locul publicării:Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN-10: 140205291X
Pagini: 179
Ilustrații: VI, 184 p.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:2007
Editura: SPRINGER NETHERLANDS
Colecția Springer
Seria Philosophy and Medicine
Locul publicării:Dordrecht, Netherlands
Public țintă
ResearchCuprins
Cognitive Semantic Structures in Informal Means/Ends Reasoning.- Health and Disease: Fluid Concepts Evolved Non-Literally.- John Dewey’s Perspectives on Means and Ends: The Setting Which Makes Informal Deliberation Necessary.- John Dewey’s View Of Situations, Problems, Means And Ends.- Preference, Utility and Value in Means and Ends Reasoning.- Full Spectrum Means and Ends Reasoning.
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From the reviews
“This is one of the best books I have read that addresses Dewey's method of intelligence in the context of practical, including clinical, decision-making. I loved it.” (Prof. Griffin Trotter, Center for Health Care Ethics, Saint Louis University, USA)
"Gary Wright in his recent book, Means, Ends and Medical Care, second–generation cognitive science has shown that both medical ethics and clinical judgment find personal narrative and metaphorical thinking more helpful than abstract moral rules or prescribed medical protocols. Wright’s book will be particularly useful to physicians, health care administrators, and medical school educators … . The principal thrust of Wright’s book on Means, Ends, and Medical Care is in fact to support physicians …and other governing bodies." (J. D. Rabb and J. M. Richardson, Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, Vol. 29, 2008)
“This is one of the best books I have read that addresses Dewey's method of intelligence in the context of practical, including clinical, decision-making. I loved it.” (Prof. Griffin Trotter, Center for Health Care Ethics, Saint Louis University, USA)
"Gary Wright in his recent book, Means, Ends and Medical Care, second–generation cognitive science has shown that both medical ethics and clinical judgment find personal narrative and metaphorical thinking more helpful than abstract moral rules or prescribed medical protocols. Wright’s book will be particularly useful to physicians, health care administrators, and medical school educators … . The principal thrust of Wright’s book on Means, Ends, and Medical Care is in fact to support physicians …and other governing bodies." (J. D. Rabb and J. M. Richardson, Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, Vol. 29, 2008)
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In this remarkable book, Gary Wright brings his thirty years of experience as a physician in pediatric and family medicine together with his Ph.D. in philosophy to address the important problem of the nature of good medical reasoning. His intimate experiential knowledge of the founding assumptions of managed health care in America today is abundantly evident in his powerful critique of the overly simplistic models of medical judgment that ground most of our health programs. Writing with exceptional clarity, heart-felt compassion for the physical and emotional suffering of patients, and deep philosophical insight into the nature of human cognition, Wright uses the conceptual tools of recent cognitive science to analyze and critique some of the most basic underlying conceptions of contemporary medical care. To make it clear why we desperately need a richer, more nuanced account of medical reasoning, Wright gives a brilliant analysis of the complex internal structure of our concepts of health and disease, showing that our present models are wholly incapable of dealing with the realities of actual human disease. He then shows the error of assuming that we always know in advance what the medical and moral ends are for any medical situation. This leads to a radical questioning of so-called "rational actor" or "economic" models of rationality that are popular in medicine today.
However, Wright’s project is not merely critical. More constructively, he draws extensively on empirical research coming out of the cognitive sciences concerning the nature of concepts, reasoning, and judgment, and he then appropriates this research into a broader pragmatist philosophical framework developed by the American philosopher John Dewey. Wright finds in Dewey’s theories of mind, thought, and experience a comprehensive account of human thinking that adequately captures the complexity of actual human conceptualization and reasoning. At the heart of this new view lies anacknowledgment of the central role of imagination and values in all of our thinking. He shows how we actually make sense of our experience by employing cognitive prototypes, metaphorically-defined concepts, radially structured categories, and other processes of imaginative reflection and evaluation. The result of Wright’s alternative view of mind and medical judgment is a practically useful model of medical reasoning that, although not specifiable by a set of fixed rules, can yet give realistic guidance for medical decisions. It is a sensitive model that each of us would want our own physicians to adopt.
Prof. Mark Johnson, Department of Philosophy, University of Oregon
'This is one of the best books I have read that addresses Dewey's method of intelligence in the context of practical, including clinical, decision-making. I loved it.'
Prof. Griffin Trotter, Center for Health Care Ethics, Saint Louis University, USA
However, Wright’s project is not merely critical. More constructively, he draws extensively on empirical research coming out of the cognitive sciences concerning the nature of concepts, reasoning, and judgment, and he then appropriates this research into a broader pragmatist philosophical framework developed by the American philosopher John Dewey. Wright finds in Dewey’s theories of mind, thought, and experience a comprehensive account of human thinking that adequately captures the complexity of actual human conceptualization and reasoning. At the heart of this new view lies anacknowledgment of the central role of imagination and values in all of our thinking. He shows how we actually make sense of our experience by employing cognitive prototypes, metaphorically-defined concepts, radially structured categories, and other processes of imaginative reflection and evaluation. The result of Wright’s alternative view of mind and medical judgment is a practically useful model of medical reasoning that, although not specifiable by a set of fixed rules, can yet give realistic guidance for medical decisions. It is a sensitive model that each of us would want our own physicians to adopt.
Prof. Mark Johnson, Department of Philosophy, University of Oregon
'This is one of the best books I have read that addresses Dewey's method of intelligence in the context of practical, including clinical, decision-making. I loved it.'
Prof. Griffin Trotter, Center for Health Care Ethics, Saint Louis University, USA
Caracteristici
Goes deeper than the usual medical ethics text in elaborating the basis of value in medical endeavors Refutes claims that professional judgement can be industrialized or computerized Proposes a Deweyan model that reinforces informal means/ends reasoning instead of trying to replace it with economic rationality Concludes with positive recommendations for reform in medical education and care that strengthen caregiver-patient relationships and would help renew the art of medicine