Measurement in Medicine (eBook, PDF)

Philosophical Essays on Assessment and Evaluation
Redaktion: Mcclimans, Leah

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Measurement in Medicine brings together for the first time a range of philosophical essays on topics in the philosophy of epidemiology, epistemology of measurement, philosophy of health economics and health policy that address pressing questions of assessment and evaluation in medicine. Ranging from questions about the methodology of measuring instruments to the role of measurement in health policy decisions, this volume spans the essential topics for anyone interested in understanding the philosophical issues at stake in the growing industry of health and health care evaluation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798881872441
• Artikelnr.: 74846682

Autorenporträt

Leah McClimans is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Carolina.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction / Part I: Measurement and Evidence-Based Medicine / 1. How Evidence-Based Medicine Highlights Connections between Measurement and Evidence
Benjamin Smart / 2. Can Causation be Quantatively Measured? Alex Broadbent / 3. Absolute Measures of Effectiveness
Jacob Stegenga and Aaron Kenna / 4. A Causal Construal of Heritability Estimates
Zinhle Mncube / Part II: Measuring Instruments / 5. A Theory of Measurement
Norman M. Bradburn
Nancy L. Cartwright
and Jonathan Fuller / 6. Psychological Measures
Risk
and Values
Leah M. McClimans / 7. The Epistemological Roles of Models in Health Science Measurement
Laura M. Cupples / 8. Measuring the Pure Patient Experience
Eivind Engebretsen and Kristin Heggen / 9. Measurement
Multiple Concurrent Chronic Conditions
and Complexity
Ross E. G. Upshur / Part III: Measurement and Policy / 10. NICE's Cost-Effectiveness Threshold
Gabriele Badano
Stephen John
and Trenholme Junghans / 11. Cost Effectiveness
Daniel M. Hausman / 12. The Value of Statistical