Biomedicine and the human condition : challenges, risks and rewards /

Sargent, Michael G., 1943-

Biomedicine and the human condition : challenges, risks and rewards / Michael Sargent. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005. - 376 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

How to avoid disease, how to breed successfully and how to live to a reasonable age, are questions that have perplexed mankind throughout history. This text explores our progress in understanding these challenges, and the risks and rewards of our attempts to find solutions.

Specialized.

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Health--Philosophy.
Medicine--Philosophy.
Bioethics--Philosophy.
Philosophy of mind.
Philosophy, Modern.
Philosophical anthropology.

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