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The uses of biomedical knowledge

the end of the era of optimism?

Ross Kessel

pp. 185-191

Résumé

In requesting that I prepare a concluding essay for New Knowledge in the Biomedical Sciences, the editors assigned me the title "The End of the Era of Optimism!" indicating, or so I presumed, that the papers being presented required tempering with the heat of realism. Having reviewed the manuscripts making up this volume, I have concluded that their authors are well aware of the crises facing medicine today, and are little in need of having their attention drawn to the limitations of a too optimistic view of their disciplines. I have therefore taken as my tasks an analysis of their reasons for believing that the current history of the acquisition and use of biomedical knowledge has reached a period that might be described as pessimistic, and, in a limited way, a presentation of some modest reasons for maintaining that a modicum of optimism is nevertheless in order.

Détails de la publication

Publié dans:

Bondeson William B., Engelhardt Tristram, Spicker Stuart, White Jr Joseph M (1982) New knowledge in the biomedical sciences: some moral implications of its acquisition, possession, and use. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 185-191

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-7723-5_14

Citation complète:

Kessel Ross, 1982, The uses of biomedical knowledge: the end of the era of optimism?. In W. B. Bondeson, T. Engelhardt, Spicker & J.M. White Jr (eds.) New knowledge in the biomedical sciences (185-191). Dordrecht, Springer.