TY - CHAP
T1 - Paradigm shifts and explanation in clinical medicine
T2 - The "how" of reality and the "why" of truth
AU - Ghaffari, Alireza
AU - Shoja, Mohammadali M.
AU - Tubbs, R. Shane
AU - Loukas, Marios
AU - Agutter, Paul S.
AU - Ghabili, Kamyar
AU - Etemadi, Jalal
AU - Cohen-Gadol, Aaron A.
AU - Weiner, Bradley K.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The philosophy of science in general, and the philosophy of biology in particular, arerelevant to scientific medicine. However, contemporary medical understanding raisesdistinct and perhaps unique ontological and epistemological issues that merit separate consideration, not least because they can have implications for practice. In this paper, weidentify some of these issues, using the current controversy surrounding the treatment ofanemia in cases of chronic kidney disease as exemplar. The preliminary inferences drawnfrom this discussion are presented as starting points for more detailed exploration byphilosophers, as well as matters for attention by clinicians.
AB - The philosophy of science in general, and the philosophy of biology in particular, arerelevant to scientific medicine. However, contemporary medical understanding raisesdistinct and perhaps unique ontological and epistemological issues that merit separate consideration, not least because they can have implications for practice. In this paper, weidentify some of these issues, using the current controversy surrounding the treatment ofanemia in cases of chronic kidney disease as exemplar. The preliminary inferences drawnfrom this discussion are presented as starting points for more detailed exploration byphilosophers, as well as matters for attention by clinicians.
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M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84895260740
SN - 9781622572762
SP - 9
EP - 18
BT - Hypotheses in Clinical Medicine
PB - Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
ER -