THEORETICAL MEDICINE AND BIOETHICS

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics examines clinical judgment and reasoning, medical concepts such as health and disease, the philosophical basis of medical science, and the philosophical ethics of health care and biomedical researchTheoretical Medicine and Bioethics is an international forum for interdisciplinary studies in the ethics of health care and in the philosophy and methodology of medical practice and biomedical research. Coverage in the philosophy of medicine includes the theoretical examination of clinical judgment and decision making; theories of health promotion and preventive care; the problems of medical language and knowledge acquisition; theory formation in medicine; analysis of the structure and dynamics of medical hypotheses and theories; discussion and clarification of basic medical concepts and issues; medical application of advanced methods in the philosophy of science, and the interplay between medicine and other scientific or social institutions. Coverage of ethics includes both clinical and research ethics, with an emphasis on underlying ethical theory rather than institutional or governmental policy analysis. All philosophical methods and orientations receive equal consideration. The journal pays particular attention to developing new methods and tools for analysis and understanding of the conceptual and ethical presuppositions of the medical sciences and health care processes.

理论医学和生物伦理学研究临床判断和推理、健康和疾病等医学概念、医学科学的哲学基础、卫生保健和生物医学研究的哲学伦理理论医学和生物伦理学是一个跨学科研究的国际论坛，涉及卫生保健伦理、医学实践和生物医学研究的哲学和方法论。医学哲学的内容包括临床判断和决策的理论检验;健康促进与预防保健理论医学语言与知识获取的问题医学理论形成;医学假说与理论的结构与动态分析讨论和澄清基本医学概念和问题;医学应用科学哲学中的先进方法，以及医学与其他科学或社会机构之间的相互作用。伦理的涵盖范围包括临床和研究伦理，强调潜在的伦理理论，而不是机构或政府的政策分析。一切哲学方法和哲学取向都受到同等的重视。该杂志特别关注开发新的方法和工具，以分析和理解医学科学和卫生保健过程的概念和伦理前提。