A new issue of Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy is now available

June 21, 2007

Issue 10(2) of Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy is now available by subscription only. The entire March 2007 issue is available free online.

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Editorials
“Technology and the self” by Bert Gordijn and Wim Dekkers, 113-114.
“Psychopharmacology and the Self: An Introduction to the Theme” by Fredrik Svenaeus, 115-117.

Scientific Contribution
“Brave New World versus Island – Utopian and Dystopian Views on Psychopharmacology” by M. H. N. Schermer, 119-128
“ADHD drugs: Values that drive the debates and decisions” by Susan Hawthorne, 129-140
“Memory enhancing drugs and Alzheimer’s Disease: Enhancing the self or preventing the loss of it?” by Wim Dekkers and Marcel Olde Rikkert, 141-151.
“Do antidepressants affect the self? A phenomenological approach” by Fredrik Svenaeus, 153-166.
“On Heidegger, medicine, and the modernity of modern medical technology” by Iain Brassington, 185-195.
“Empowerment: A goal or a means for health promotion?” by Per-Anders Tengland, 197-207

Review Articles
“Nanomedicine–emerging or re-emerging ethical issues? A discussion of four ethical themes” by Christian Lenk and Nikola Biller-Andorno, 173-184.