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Christopher Boorse

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Publications

7

Citations

3.5K

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Active since

1975

Affiliations

University of Delaware(Current)

Christopher Boorse is an author at University of Delaware specializing in health psychology, human health sciences, and social sciences.

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Human HealthHealth PsychologyHealthMedicinePsychiatryPsychologyMental HealthPublic HealthMedical EthicsSocial Sciences

Publications per year

1975–2014

7

Publications

7

Health as a Theoretical Concept

Christopher Boorse · Philosophy of Science · 1977 · 1.7K citations

Well-being (Indigenous Health), Value Theory, Health Judgments +16

On the Distinction between Disease and Illness

Christopher Boorse · Philosophy &amp Public Affairs · 1999 · 647 citations

Humanity And Medicine, Biomedical Ethic, Infectious Disease +20

Wright on Functions

Christopher Boorse · The Philosophical Review · 1976 · 417 citations

Function Theory, Natural Function, Theta Function

A Second Rebuttal On Health

Christopher Boorse · The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy A Forum for Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine · 2014 · 294 citations

Critical Public Health, Aging, Health Outcome +17

What a Theory of Mental Health should be

Christopher Boorse · Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour · 1976 · 280 citations

Mental Health Services, Psychopathology, Community Mental Health +9

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