In Good Health

Philosophical-Theological Analysis of the Concept of Health in Contemporary Medical Ethics

by Almut Caspary

Extent: 209 pages

Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag

Subjects: Medicine, Philosophy

Series: Geschichte und Philosophie der Medizin / History and Philosophy of Medicine

Series volume number: 9

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(November 2010)

ISBN: 9783515093187

6.65 x 9.45 inches

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Health is a value-laden concept. The state of being that it designates is a fundamental human goal. As a value, the concept is normative, governing both clinical practice and the therapeutic treatment developed by medical research. Also, the promise of health plays a pivotal role in health-policy discourse. Almut Caspary considers philosophical and theological concepts of health in the context of its practical significance, both in the past and today. This conceptual analysis culminates in a preliminary sketch of a concept of health; focusing on the stem-cell debate, it offers a discriminating approach to contemporary ethical problems in medicine. “Gesundheit” ist ein wertgeladener Begriff. Er bezeichnet einen grundsatzlich wunschenswerten Zustand menschlicher Existenz, der das arztliche Handeln im klinischen Alltag leitet. Daruber hinaus werden (gesundheits-)politische Debatten mit Verweis auf den Nutzen fur die Gesundheit entschieden. Vor diesem Hintergrund setzt sich Almut Caspary epochenubergreifend mit philosophischen und theologischen Uberlegungen zur Gesundheit auseinander. Die konzeptuelle Diskussion erlaubt die Skizzierung eines Gesundheitsverstandnisses, das – wie am Beispiel der Stammzelldebatte gezeigt wird – ein differenziertes Abwagen in medizinethischen Konfliktfallen zulasst.

By (author) Almut Caspary

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