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Cultural Influences on Medical Knowledge

David Hughes

Handbook of the Philosophy of Medicine, Volume: 2nd edition, Pages: 1 - 20

Swansea University Author: David Hughes

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DOI (Published version): 10.1007/978-94-017-8706-2_73-3

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This chapter examines how culture influences the content and application of medical knowledge. The current state of knowledge about pathology and treatment is not simply the outcome of a neutral process of scientific investigation and discovery, but is shaped by changing conceptual frameworks affect...

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Published in: Handbook of the Philosophy of Medicine
ISBN: 9789401787062 9789401787062
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2024
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