The Price of Health (1986)Hardcover - 1986, 30 November 1986

The Price of Health (1986)
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Part of Series
Philosophy and Medicine
Part of Series
NATO Asi Series. Series C, Mathematical and Physical Science
Print Length
280 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Springer
Date Published
30 Nov 1986
ISBN-10
9027722854
ISBN-13
9789027722850

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Medicine, morals and money have, for centuries, lived in uneasy cohabitation. Dwelling in the social institution of care of the sick, each needs the other, yet each is embarrassed to admit the other's presence. Morality, in particular, suffers embarrassment, for it is often required to explain how money and medicine are not inimical. Throughout the history of Western medicine, morality's explanations have been con- sistently ambiguous. Pla.o held that the physician must cultivate the art of getting paid as well as the art of healing, for even if the goal of medicine is healing and not making money, the self-interest of the craftsman is satisfied thereby [4]. Centuries later, a medieval medical moralist, Henri de Mandeville, said: "The chief object of the patient ... is to get cured ... the object of the surgeon, on the other hand, is to obtain his money ... ([5], p. 16). This incompatibility, while general, is not universal. Throughout history, medical practitioners have resolved the problem - either in conscience or to their satisfaction. Some physicians have been so reluctant to make a profit from the ills of those whom they treated that they preferred to live in poverty. Samuel Johnson described his friend, Dr. Robert Levet, a Practiser of Physic: No summons mock'd by chill delay, No petty gain disdain'd by pride; The modest wants of ev'ry day The toil of ev'ry day supplied [3].

Product Details

Book Edition:
1986
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
30 November 1986
Dimensions:
23.39 x 15.6 x 1.91 cm
ISBN-10:
9027722854
ISBN-13:
9789027722850
Language:
English
Location:
Dordrecht
Pages:
280
Publisher:
Springer
Weight:
616.89 gm

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