Commentary on Wim Dekkers’s and Marcel Olde Rikkert’s: “What is a genetic disease? The example of Alzheimer’s Disease” and Stephen Tyreman’s: “Causes of illness in clinical practice: A conceptual exploration” [Book Review]

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 9 (3):317-319 (2006)
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