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Summary on disease and effectiveness
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- FIL 155 (FIL155)
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- University Of Pretoria (UP)
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Terms DefinitionsAim of Medicine “Medicine aims to mitigate death and
disease
Naturalism Naturalism defines a disease as anything
that deviates from normal biological
functioning. Specifically:
Reference class, Normal Function,Normal
functional ability, Disease
Intervention-modify an internal state...and
return the function of the relevant part or
process to typical efficiency.”
Problem-restricted to the body only-certain
things that one can not understand
Normativism the basis of all disease is harm.
A state or condition is a disease when:
1. It is bad for a person.
2. It is considered unfortunate or unlucky to
have.
3. It can be potentially treated medically.
Intervention- mitigate the harm that is
suffered
Problem- it struggles to distinguish between
what we normally think are diseases and
other things that are not diseases but are
harmful.
doesn’t specify “medically treatable”
specifically enough.
Hybridism A state must be biologically dysfunctional.
The dysfunction must be deemed harmful.
Any state or condition of a part or process
of a natural class (nat.) That deviates from
or impairs that part or process’ statistically
typical contribution towards survival and
reproduction (nat.), That is bad for a
person, is considered unlucky to have, and
can be treated medically
cure and care
Intervention “An effective medical intervention is one
that improves the health of patients by
curing disease or at least treating the
symptoms of disease.”
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