Quality of Life: A Post-Pandemic Philosophy of Medicine

by Robin Downie

The Covid-19 pandemic has shown the need for a fresh look at health and health care. This book offers a philosophical critique of medicine as applied science, but more positively it stresses the social causes of disease and argues for greater equity in the distribution of resources and the benefits of a wider evidence-base for medical treatments. The suggested approach requires a new direction for medical ethics, one which uses the arts and humanities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1788360591
• ISBN13: 9781788360593
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Imprint Academic (Ips)
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"