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On disease

theories of disease and the ascription of disease

Loretta Kopelman

pp. 143-150

Dr. Engelhardt has argued that the concept of disease is ambiguous because it has both an explanatory and an evaluative role.1 I would like to examine this. To do so I will begin by distinguishing between theories of disease on the one hand and the ascription of disease on the other.

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-010-1769-5_10

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Kopelman, L. (1975)., On disease: theories of disease and the ascription of disease, in T. Engelhardt & S. Spicker (eds.), Evaluation and explanation in the biomedical sciences, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 143-150.

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