Warum die Medizin die Philosophie braucht

In search of genuine medicine - intelligent, exciting, and educational even for non-philosophers! Medicine is undergoing a transformation; it seems to be becoming estranged from humanity. How should this development be interpreted, and what should we make of it? What kind of medicine do we actually want, what could be improved, and how should this happen? To articulate the pressing questions in the context of health, the emergence of illness, the experience of sickness, and the understanding of medicine, an ethical-philosophical approach is necessary. The author of the book, as an experienced physician and additionally trained philosopher, succeeds in bringing the challenging topics closer to the reader and providing them with adequate tools for perceiving and dealing with medical-philosophical challenges. This book addresses themes such as terminology surrounding health and illness - salutogenesis and pathogenesis - the sick person in their illness - suggestion and conditioning - placebo/nocebo effects - action or situational inaction in medicine - decisions in uncertainty - compassion or empathy - comfort and grief, etc. It concerns the medicine we desire, the patient for whom this medicine is intended, and the physician whose task it is to offer the patient meaningful medicine that is oriented towards their well-being. This can only be successfully achieved if all parties involved are willing and ready to reshape our medicine. In the search for genuine medicine, for a medicine that is truly for humanity, the reader will find in this work a true treasure trove of insights, ideas, and impulses to ultimately draw wise conclusions and perhaps also improvements for themselves.