| The ends of medical intervention and the demarcation of the normal from the pathological. | |
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PMID: 11035543 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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This study examines the ends of medical intervention and argues that mainstream contemporary medicine assumes that appropriate ends may be discovered (i.e., naturalism), rather than created or decided upon (i.e., conventionalism). The essay then applies these considerations to the problem of the demarcation of the normal from the pathological. I argue that the common formulations of this dispute commit a fallacy, as they characterize the "normal" as a state of the organism and not as an ongoing process within it. Such a process may be characterized as self-creation and self-repair. Such considerations support the conclusion that normality may be regarded as a regulative idea, rather than as an end-state, and as part of the ends of medical intervention, depending upon choice and context. |
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Authors:
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A Rudnick |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The Journal of medicine and philosophy Volume: 25 ISSN: 0360-5310 ISO Abbreviation: J Med Philos Publication Date: 2000 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2000-11-27 Completed Date: 2000-12-22 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7610512 Medline TA: J Med Philos Country: NETHERLANDS |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 569-80 Citation Subset: E; IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
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Disease* Health* Humans Pathology Philosophy, Medical* Technology, Medical Therapeutics* United States |
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J Med Philos. 2000 Oct;25(5):581-603
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