InhaltsangabeList of contributors Preface Susanna Elm and Stefan N. Willich 1. Philosophical and Ethical Foundations How Political is the Future of Healthcare? The Example of Allocating Scarce Resources in Liberal Democracy Annette Schulz-Baldes The Concept of Disease and Medical Action - A Reciprocal Relationship and its Relevance for Modern Medicine Thomas Heinemann 2. 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 for All Our Wounds: Religion and Medicine in Judaism John Efron 3. Chinese Medicine and Homeopathy How Chinese is "Chinese Medicine"? Paul U. Unschuld Medicus curat, natura sanat in Homeopathy Claudia Witt 4. 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 5. Business Concepts Unmet Medical Needs and the Role of Pharmaceutical Companies Wolfgang Meyer-Sabellek A Revolution in Research and Development - The Impact of Biotechnology Herbert Schuster 6. 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

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List of contributors Preface Susanna Elm and Stefan N. Willich 1. Philosophical and Ethical Foundations How Political is the Future of Healthcare? The Example of Allocating Scarce Resources in Liberal Democracy Annette Schulz-Baldes The Concept of Disease and Medical Action - A Reciprocal Relationship and its Relevance for Modern Medicine Thomas Heinemann 2. 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 for All Our Wounds: Religion and Medicine in Judaism John Efron 3. Chinese Medicine and Homeopathy How Chinese is "Chinese Medicine"? Paul U. Unschuld Medicus curat, natura sanat in Homeopathy Claudia Witt 4. 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 5. Business Concepts Unmet Medical Needs and the Role of Pharmaceutical Companies Wolfgang Meyer-Sabellek A Revolution in Research and Development - The Impact of Biotechnology Herbert Schuster 6. 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