Background
Nordenfelt, Lennart was born on April 8, 1945 in Jönköping, Sweden. Son of Olof and Runa (Granér) Nordenfelt.
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(Concepts and Measurement of Quality of Life in Health Care: Symposium on Quality of Life - Selected Papers) Author: Lennart Nordenfelt published on (July, 1994)
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(Action, Ability and Health: Essays in the Philosphy of Action and Welfare) Author: Lennart Nordenfelt published on (April, 2000)
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Talking About Health.
(This book is a scholarly treatise on the nature of health...)
This book is a scholarly treatise on the nature of health presented in the form of a dialogue between an inquirer and a philosopher. It attempts to do two things: first, to introduce modern philosophy of health to non-philosophers, in particular to people with a professional relation to health care; and second, to elaborate and specify in some detail the author's holistic theory of health. According to this theory, a person is completely healthy if, and only if, she or he is able to realize all her or his vital goals given reasonable circumstances. This theory is presented by the philosopher in the book, but it is at the same time scrutinized and criticized by the inquirer. Some of the criticisms presented, and to which the philosopher responds, have been put forward in published reviews of the author's earlier works. Towards the end of the book the author demonstrates how his philosophy of health can be applied to related areas, such as the theory of disability, and to modern ethical discussion, such as that concerning prioritization in health care. The book is supplemented with a list of definitions of central concepts and with an annotated bibliography.
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Lennart Nordenfelt
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Bachelor, University Uppsala, Sweden, 1965. Master of Arts, University Uppsala, Sweden, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy in Theoretical Philosophy, University Uppsala, Sweden, 1974.
Career
Associate professor department philosophy, U. Stockholm, 1975-1982; acting professor, U. Stockholm, 1975, 80, 81; associate professor department health and society, U. Linköping, Sweden, 1982-1987; professor, U. Linköping, Sweden, since 1987; dean Faculty of Tema, U. Linköping, Sweden, 1990-1993. Research fellow U. Western Ontario, London, Canada, 1976, Swedish Research Coun.for Humanities and Social Sciences, Stockholm, 1981-1984. Visiting professor Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities, Edinburgh, 1989, U. Warwick, England, 1998.
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Talking About Health.
(This book is a scholarly treatise on the nature of health...)
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Quality of Life, Health and Happiness
(Quality of life is a popular modern subject. The term "qu...)
- (Concepts and Measurement of Quality of Life in Health Care: Symposium on Quality of Life - Selected Papers) Author: Lennart Nordenfelt published on (July, 1994)
- (Action, Ability and Health: Essays in the Philosphy of Action and Welfare) Author: Lennart Nordenfelt published on (April, 2000)
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Talking About Health.
Membership
Board of directors U. Linköping, since 1994. M C.
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Married Kerstin Maria Hö+338k, October 20, 1973. Children: Ulrika, Anders.
