Externalist Individualism: A New Ontological Approach of Diseases

The understanding of disease in the dominant biomedical model involves two components, internalism and individualism, which jointly give rise to an ontological approach towards patients that can be referred to as atomism. I argue against such an approach in philosophy of medicine. I focus on intern...

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Main Author: Mohammad Mahdi Hatef
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Programmes de bioéthique, École de santé publique de l'Université de Montréal 2025-04-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Bioethics
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Online Access:https://cjb-rcb.ca/index.php/cjb-rcb/article/view/770
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