“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