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Medical knowledge as a social product

rights, risks, and responsibilities

Mark W. Wartofsky

pp. 113-130

Abstract

Let me sketch the program of this paper at the outset. I will begin with some scene setting: a brief account of the crisis in medicine. Then I will pose a problem: the need for a theoretical model of medicine in terms of which to approach the crisis. I will go on to analyze the problem in terms of some of the fundamental concepts involved in the construction of the theoretical model — specifically, the nature of medical knowledge, and the rights, risks and responsibilities which are involved in its acquisition, possession, and use. Finally, I will suggest the direction of a resolution of the crisis, in terms of the theoretical model. In effect, I am offering a foray into some conceptual philosophical muddles which characterize the systematic thought concerning these questions.

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Bondeson William B., Engelhardt Tristram, Spicker Stuart, White Jr Joseph M (1982) New knowledge in the biomedical sciences: some moral implications of its acquisition, possession, and use. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 113-130

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-7723-5_9

Full citation:

Wartofsky Mark W (1982) „Medical knowledge as a social product: rights, risks, and responsibilities“, In: W. B. Bondeson, T. Engelhardt, Spicker & J.M. White Jr (eds.), New knowledge in the biomedical sciences, Dordrecht, Springer, 113–130.