Book of the Month: Philosophy for Medicine

Pellegrino E. , Thomasma D. A Philosophical Basis of Medical Practice. New York: Oxford University Press, 1981

Medawar P. Is the scientific paper a fraud? In: The Strange Case of the Spotted Mice. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993; 33–9

Heath A.E. , ed. Scientific Explanation. Herbert Spencer Lecture. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1981

O'Neill O. Introducing ethics: some current positions. Bull Med Ethics 1991; 73: 18–21

Warnock M. A Question of Life. Oxford: Blackwell, 1984

Brock D.W. Life and Death: Philosophical Essays in Biomedical Practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993

Glover J. What Sort of People Should There Be? Harmondsworth: Pelican, 1984

Kevles D.J. In the Name of Eugenics. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985

Pinker S. The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature. New York: Penguin, 2002

Weatherall D.J. Science and the Quiet Art. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995

Evans M. , Louhiala P. , Puustinen R. Philosophy for Medicine: Applications in a Clinical Context. Abingdon: Radcliffe Medical Press, 2004 [157 pp; £21.95; ISBN 0-85775-943-5 (p/b)]

Russell B. Wisdom of the West. London: Macdonald, 1959

Blackburn S. Think. A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999