The Dynamics of Disease: Toward a Processual Theory of Health
J Med Philos. 2024 Apr 1:jhae014. doi: 10.1093/jmp/jhae014. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe following article presents preliminary reflections on a processual theory of health and disease. It does this by steering the discussion more toward an ontology of organisms rather than conceptual analysis of the semantic content of the terms "health" and "disease." In the first section, four meta-theoretical assumptions of the traditional debate are identified and alternative approaches to the problems are presented. Afterwards, the view that health and disease are constituted by a dynamic relation between demands imposed on an o...
Source: The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy - April 1, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thor Hennelund Nielsen Source Type: research

Three Arguments Against Institutional Conscientious Objection, and Why They Are (Metaphysically) Unconvincing
J Med Philos. 2024 Apr 1:jhae012. doi: 10.1093/jmp/jhae012. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe past decade has seen a burgeoning of scholarly interest in conscientious objection in healthcare. While the literature to date has focused primarily on individual healthcare practitioners who object to participation in morally controversial procedures, in this article we consider a different albeit related issue, namely, whether publicly funded healthcare institutions should be required to provide morally controversial services such as abortions, emergency contraception, voluntary sterilizations, and voluntary euthanasia. Substant...
Source: The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy - April 1, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Xavier Symons Reginald Mary Chua Source Type: research

The Dynamics of Disease: Toward a Processual Theory of Health
J Med Philos. 2024 Apr 1:jhae014. doi: 10.1093/jmp/jhae014. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe following article presents preliminary reflections on a processual theory of health and disease. It does this by steering the discussion more toward an ontology of organisms rather than conceptual analysis of the semantic content of the terms "health" and "disease." In the first section, four meta-theoretical assumptions of the traditional debate are identified and alternative approaches to the problems are presented. Afterwards, the view that health and disease are constituted by a dynamic relation between demands imposed on an o...
Source: The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy - April 1, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thor Hennelund Nielsen Source Type: research

Three Arguments Against Institutional Conscientious Objection, and Why They Are (Metaphysically) Unconvincing
J Med Philos. 2024 Apr 1:jhae012. doi: 10.1093/jmp/jhae012. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe past decade has seen a burgeoning of scholarly interest in conscientious objection in healthcare. While the literature to date has focused primarily on individual healthcare practitioners who object to participation in morally controversial procedures, in this article we consider a different albeit related issue, namely, whether publicly funded healthcare institutions should be required to provide morally controversial services such as abortions, emergency contraception, voluntary sterilizations, and voluntary euthanasia. Substant...
Source: The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy - April 1, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Xavier Symons Reginald Mary Chua Source Type: research

The Dynamics of Disease: Toward a Processual Theory of Health
J Med Philos. 2024 Apr 1:jhae014. doi: 10.1093/jmp/jhae014. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe following article presents preliminary reflections on a processual theory of health and disease. It does this by steering the discussion more toward an ontology of organisms rather than conceptual analysis of the semantic content of the terms "health" and "disease." In the first section, four meta-theoretical assumptions of the traditional debate are identified and alternative approaches to the problems are presented. Afterwards, the view that health and disease are constituted by a dynamic relation between demands imposed on an o...
Source: The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy - April 1, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thor Hennelund Nielsen Source Type: research

Three Arguments Against Institutional Conscientious Objection, and Why They Are (Metaphysically) Unconvincing
J Med Philos. 2024 Apr 1:jhae012. doi: 10.1093/jmp/jhae012. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe past decade has seen a burgeoning of scholarly interest in conscientious objection in healthcare. While the literature to date has focused primarily on individual healthcare practitioners who object to participation in morally controversial procedures, in this article we consider a different albeit related issue, namely, whether publicly funded healthcare institutions should be required to provide morally controversial services such as abortions, emergency contraception, voluntary sterilizations, and voluntary euthanasia. Substant...
Source: The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy - April 1, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Xavier Symons Reginald Mary Chua Source Type: research

The Dynamics of Disease: Toward a Processual Theory of Health
J Med Philos. 2024 Apr 1:jhae014. doi: 10.1093/jmp/jhae014. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe following article presents preliminary reflections on a processual theory of health and disease. It does this by steering the discussion more toward an ontology of organisms rather than conceptual analysis of the semantic content of the terms "health" and "disease." In the first section, four meta-theoretical assumptions of the traditional debate are identified and alternative approaches to the problems are presented. Afterwards, the view that health and disease are constituted by a dynamic relation between demands imposed on an o...
Source: The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy - April 1, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thor Hennelund Nielsen Source Type: research

Three Arguments Against Institutional Conscientious Objection, and Why They Are (Metaphysically) Unconvincing
J Med Philos. 2024 Apr 1:jhae012. doi: 10.1093/jmp/jhae012. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe past decade has seen a burgeoning of scholarly interest in conscientious objection in healthcare. While the literature to date has focused primarily on individual healthcare practitioners who object to participation in morally controversial procedures, in this article we consider a different albeit related issue, namely, whether publicly funded healthcare institutions should be required to provide morally controversial services such as abortions, emergency contraception, voluntary sterilizations, and voluntary euthanasia. Substant...
Source: The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy - April 1, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Xavier Symons Reginald Mary Chua Source Type: research

The Dynamics of Disease: Toward a Processual Theory of Health
J Med Philos. 2024 Apr 1:jhae014. doi: 10.1093/jmp/jhae014. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe following article presents preliminary reflections on a processual theory of health and disease. It does this by steering the discussion more toward an ontology of organisms rather than conceptual analysis of the semantic content of the terms "health" and "disease." In the first section, four meta-theoretical assumptions of the traditional debate are identified and alternative approaches to the problems are presented. Afterwards, the view that health and disease are constituted by a dynamic relation between demands imposed on an o...
Source: The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy - April 1, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thor Hennelund Nielsen Source Type: research

Three Arguments Against Institutional Conscientious Objection, and Why They Are (Metaphysically) Unconvincing
J Med Philos. 2024 Apr 1:jhae012. doi: 10.1093/jmp/jhae012. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe past decade has seen a burgeoning of scholarly interest in conscientious objection in healthcare. While the literature to date has focused primarily on individual healthcare practitioners who object to participation in morally controversial procedures, in this article we consider a different albeit related issue, namely, whether publicly funded healthcare institutions should be required to provide morally controversial services such as abortions, emergency contraception, voluntary sterilizations, and voluntary euthanasia. Substant...
Source: The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy - April 1, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Xavier Symons Reginald Mary Chua Source Type: research

The Dynamics of Disease: Toward a Processual Theory of Health
J Med Philos. 2024 Apr 1:jhae014. doi: 10.1093/jmp/jhae014. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe following article presents preliminary reflections on a processual theory of health and disease. It does this by steering the discussion more toward an ontology of organisms rather than conceptual analysis of the semantic content of the terms "health" and "disease." In the first section, four meta-theoretical assumptions of the traditional debate are identified and alternative approaches to the problems are presented. Afterwards, the view that health and disease are constituted by a dynamic relation between demands imposed on an o...
Source: The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy - April 1, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thor Hennelund Nielsen Source Type: research

Three Arguments Against Institutional Conscientious Objection, and Why They Are (Metaphysically) Unconvincing
J Med Philos. 2024 Apr 1:jhae012. doi: 10.1093/jmp/jhae012. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe past decade has seen a burgeoning of scholarly interest in conscientious objection in healthcare. While the literature to date has focused primarily on individual healthcare practitioners who object to participation in morally controversial procedures, in this article we consider a different albeit related issue, namely, whether publicly funded healthcare institutions should be required to provide morally controversial services such as abortions, emergency contraception, voluntary sterilizations, and voluntary euthanasia. Substant...
Source: The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy - April 1, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Xavier Symons Reginald Mary Chua Source Type: research

The Dynamics of Disease: Toward a Processual Theory of Health
J Med Philos. 2024 Apr 1:jhae014. doi: 10.1093/jmp/jhae014. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe following article presents preliminary reflections on a processual theory of health and disease. It does this by steering the discussion more toward an ontology of organisms rather than conceptual analysis of the semantic content of the terms "health" and "disease." In the first section, four meta-theoretical assumptions of the traditional debate are identified and alternative approaches to the problems are presented. Afterwards, the view that health and disease are constituted by a dynamic relation between demands imposed on an o...
Source: The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy - April 1, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thor Hennelund Nielsen Source Type: research

Three Arguments Against Institutional Conscientious Objection, and Why They Are (Metaphysically) Unconvincing
J Med Philos. 2024 Apr 1:jhae012. doi: 10.1093/jmp/jhae012. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe past decade has seen a burgeoning of scholarly interest in conscientious objection in healthcare. While the literature to date has focused primarily on individual healthcare practitioners who object to participation in morally controversial procedures, in this article we consider a different albeit related issue, namely, whether publicly funded healthcare institutions should be required to provide morally controversial services such as abortions, emergency contraception, voluntary sterilizations, and voluntary euthanasia. Substant...
Source: The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy - April 1, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Xavier Symons Reginald Mary Chua Source Type: research

The Social Epistemology of Clinical Placebos
J Med Philos. 2024 Mar 26:jhae010. doi: 10.1093/jmp/jhae010. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMany extant theories of placebo focus on their causal structure wherein placebo effects are those that originate from select features of the therapy (e.g., client expectations or "incidental" features like size and shape). Although such accounts can distinguish placebos from standard medical treatments, they cannot distinguish placebos from everyday occurrences, for example, when positive feedback improves our performance on a task. Providing a social-epistemological account of a treatment context can rule out such occurrences, and f...
Source: The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy - March 27, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Melissa Rees Source Type: research