How medicine lost Consciousness - Part I
Keywords:
Philosophy, medical, Physicians, family, Ethics, Physician-patient relations, Worldview, Science.
Abstract
Since the beginning of the19th century western medicine has identified itself with the natural sciences and, therefore with the world view of the natural sciences. This in turn led to great technical insight into and control of body processes and technical advances in diagnosis and management of diseases.
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