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Conclusions and Summary of the Welfare Theory of Health

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Part of the book series: Philosophy and Medicine ((PHME,volume 26))

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In Chapter one, section 2, we listed six basic questions which every good theory of health should be able to answer. Let us now summarize our own investigation by letting the welfare-theory answer these questions.

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Nordenfelt, L. (1995). Conclusions and Summary of the Welfare Theory of Health. In: On the Nature of Health. Philosophy and Medicine, vol 26. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0241-4_6

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