“Care and Cure constitutes an important cornerstone. This book offers a critical yet unbiased take on timely topics written in an accessible style.”

History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences

“Researchers and practitioners will broaden their views of the virtues and limitations of pivotal elements of scientific methodology and of evidence-based medicine. Care and Cure is certainly a great contribution to the humanistic education of medical students, practitioners, and researchers.”

Anesthesia & Analgesia

“Care and Cure will have wide appeal.”

International Studies in the Philosophy of Science

“Could be an excellent supplemental text in college and medical school classes.”

Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith

“This is an exceptionally clear, accessible, and organized introduction to key concepts and central debates in the philosophy of medicine. There is as yet no single-author, comprehensive introduction to this new field. Stegenga's excellent book fills this lacuna.”

Anya Plutynski, Department of Philosophy, Washington University in St. Louis, author of "Explaining Cancer: Finding Order in Disorder"

“Care and Cure cogently argues that while scholarship on ethics and the practice of medicine are in plenitude, there is a dearth of scholarship grappling with a host of other philosophical questions and issues concerning medicine as a discipline. A balanced overview.”

Mark H. Waymack, Department of Philosophy, Loyola University Chicago

“As an introductory text in the philosophy of medicine, Care and Cure offers a comprehensive overview of the field which is accessible to beginners in philosophy. Notably for a philosophical book on medicine, it is not a work in medical ethics, but in applied philosophy of science. Well-written and well-structured, Stegenga’s book is a very welcome addition to the philosophy of medicine literature.”

Hane Maung, Department of Philosophy, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester