To reveal disease or to promote function – that is the question
AbstractMedicine faces challenges that indicate that it may not be sustainable. A descriptive disease concept is apt to what philosopher of science Ian Hacking called "looping effects”, which can explain why health care is faced with insatiable demands. Diseases are not only indifferent objects...
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| description | AbstractMedicine faces challenges that indicate that it may not be sustainable. A descriptive disease concept is apt to what philosopher of science Ian Hacking called "looping effects”, which can explain why health care is faced with insatiable demands. Diseases are not only indifferent objects with an objective existence in the biology of individuals. They are often interactive identities that have attractive properties. We suggest a shift in medical practice where descriptive perspectives are complemented with functional perspectives to enable clinicians better to help people from merging with dysfunctional disease identities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2e2aa01a3f8440439c6b8ebe5d4324d52024-02-22T15:18:19ZengTaylor & Francis GroupScandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care0281-34321502-77242024-01-014213610.1080/02813432.2023.2274336To reveal disease or to promote function – that is the questionEivind Meland0Stefan Hjörleifsson1Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, Bergen, NorwayDepartment of Global Public Health and Primary Care, Bergen, NorwayAbstractMedicine faces challenges that indicate that it may not be sustainable. A descriptive disease concept is apt to what philosopher of science Ian Hacking called "looping effects”, which can explain why health care is faced with insatiable demands. Diseases are not only indifferent objects with an objective existence in the biology of individuals. They are often interactive identities that have attractive properties. We suggest a shift in medical practice where descriptive perspectives are complemented with functional perspectives to enable clinicians better to help people from merging with dysfunctional disease identities.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/02813432.2023.2274336Medical ethicspsychotherapybiopsychosocialfunctionalism |
| spellingShingle | Eivind Meland Stefan Hjörleifsson To reveal disease or to promote function – that is the question Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care Medical ethics psychotherapy biopsychosocial functionalism |
| title | To reveal disease or to promote function – that is the question |
| title_full | To reveal disease or to promote function – that is the question |
| title_fullStr | To reveal disease or to promote function – that is the question |
| title_full_unstemmed | To reveal disease or to promote function – that is the question |
| title_short | To reveal disease or to promote function – that is the question |
| title_sort | to reveal disease or to promote function that is the question |
| topic | Medical ethics psychotherapy biopsychosocial functionalism |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/02813432.2023.2274336 |
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