The concept of disease has been the subject ofa vast, vivid and versatile
debate. Categoriessuch as ``realist'', ``nominalist'',
``ontologist'',``physiologist'', ``normativist'' and``descriptivist'' have been
applied to classifydisease concepts. These categories refer tounderlying
theoretical frameworks of thedebate. The objective of this review is toanalyse
these frameworks. It is argued that the... hiện toàn bộ
The Hastings Center was founded in 1969 to study ethical problems in medicine
and biology. The Center arose from a confluence of three social currents: the
increased public scrutiny of medicine and its practices, the concern about the
moral problems being generated by technological developments, and the desire of
one of its founders (Callahan) to make use of his philosophical training in a
more ap... hiện toàn bộ