Philosophers on Medicine: A New Frontier with Dorian Deshauer

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The Best Physician is also a Philosopher. This is the title of a book by Galen, the famous physician of Antiquity. Was Galen right? Or is it that for many problems in healthcare, philosophy is the best medicine? One thing is for certain: medicine is a new frontier for philosophy, and philosophy for medicine.

In this episode, I’ve enlisted Dorian Deshauer, psychiatrist at the University of Toronto and Associate Editor of the Canadian Medical Association Journal, to help me speak more about the philosophy of medicine.

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Jonathan Fuller

Jonathan Fuller MD PhD is a philosopher of medicine and Associate Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh. He is co-host of the NBN channel Philosophy of Medicine and a producer of its podcast series 'New Books in Philosophy of Medicine' and 'Philosophers on Medicine'.
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