Diagnosis: What Is the Structure of Its Reasoning?
Perspect Biol Med. 2024;67(1):88-95. doi: 10.1353/pbm.2024.a919712.ABSTRACTHow does the diagnosis process work? This essay traces the philosophical underpinnings of diagnosis from Hume through Kant, Peirce, and Popper, analyzing how pathologists amalgamate sensibility, intuition, and imagination to form new hypotheses that can be tested by evidence and experience.PMID:38662065 | DOI:10.1353/pbm.2024.a919712 (Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine)
Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - April 25, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Donald E Stanley Robert Hanna Source Type: research
Lived Religion in Religious Vaccine Exemptions
Perspect Biol Med. 2024;67(1):96-113. doi: 10.1353/pbm.2024.a919713.ABSTRACTThis essay explores a more inclusive and equitable interpretation of "religion" within the context of religious vaccine exemptions. The existing literature critiques the prevalent interpretation of the meaning of religion in religious exemption cases, but frequently overlooks the importance of incorporating the concept of "lived religion." This essay introduces the concept of lived religion from religious studies, elucidates why this lived religion approach is crucial for redefining "religion," and illustrates its application in the domain of relig...
Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - April 25, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Hajung Lee Source Type: research
Are Psychedelic Experiences Transformative? Can We Consent to Them?
This article argues, however, that there is limited evidence that psychedelic experiences are transformative in Paul's sense, and that they may not differ in their transformative features from other common medical experiences for which informed consent is clearly possible. Further, even if psychedelic experiences can be transformative, informed consent is still possible. Because psychedelic experiences are importantly different in several respects from other medical experiences, this article closes with recommendations for how these differences should be reflected in informed consent processes.PMID:38662069 | DOI:10.1353/p...
Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - April 25, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Brent M Kious Andrew Peterson Amy L McGuire Source Type: research
Valuing the Acute Subjective Experience
Perspect Biol Med. 2024;67(1):155-165. doi: 10.1353/pbm.2024.a919717.ABSTRACTPsychedelics, including psilocybin, and other consciousness-altering compounds such as 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), currently are being scientifically investigated for their potential therapeutic uses, with a primary focus on measurable outcomes: for example, alleviation of symptoms or increases in self-reported well-being. Accordingly, much recent discussion about the possible value of these substances has turned on estimates of the magnitude and duration of persisting positive effects in comparison to harms. However, many have descr...
Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - April 25, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Katherine Cheung Brian D Earp David B Yaden Source Type: research
"Inherently Limited by Our Imaginations": Health Anxieties, Politics, and the History of the Climate Crisis
Perspect Biol Med. 2024;67(1):31-62. doi: 10.1353/pbm.2024.a919709.ABSTRACTAs global warming became a cause of concern in the 1980s, researchers and climate activists initially paid little attention to the possible health effects of a warmer world. This changed quickly between 1985 and 1989, when scientists working on contracts with the US Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency extrapolated from existing knowledge about the impact of weather on health to speculate about how global warming would impact health. However, they downplayed the impact of their contributions by highlighting the uncertainty in...
Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - April 25, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: David Shumway Jones Source Type: research
