Quo vadis medical healing : past concepts and new approaches / Susanna Elm, Stefan N. Willich, editors.

[Dordrecht] : Springer, [2009], ©2009.

xii, 171 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Pt. I, Philosophical and ethical foundations. How political is the future of health care? Allocating scarce resources in liberal democracy / Annette Schulz-Baldes ; The concept of disease and medical action : a reciprocal relationship and its relevance to modern medicine / Thomas Heinemann -- Pt. II, Concepts of healing in history. Medicine between natural philosophy and physician's practice : a debate around 400 BC / Oliver Primavesi ; Roman pain and the rise of Christianity / Susanna Elm ; A perfect healing to all our wounds : religion and medicine in Judaism / John Efron -- Pt. III, Chinese medicine and homeopathy. How Chinese is Chinese medicine? / Paul U. Unschuld ; Medicus curat, natura sanat in homeopathy / Claudia Witt -- Pt. IV, Acute health care and social medicine. Healing in acute medical therapy : opportunities and limitations / Stefan N. Willich ; The historical development of social medicine as a responsibility of the physician / Dieter Koch-Weser -- Pt. V, Business concepts. Unmet medical needs and the role of pharmeceutical companies / Wolfgang Meyer-Sabellek ; A revolution in research and development : the impact of biotechnology / Herbert Schuster -- Pt. VI, New approaches in medicine and their constitutional ramification. Healing by gene therapy : hype or hope? / Martin Paul ; Biotechnology and the guarantee of human dignity / Martin Nettesheim.