Does making medical need of thinking philosophical?

Abstract

Today, as in no previous era, the transcendence that technological scientific development has acquired in the life of society, in all areas of its existence, is incomparable, this is an impossible fact to ignore, and it necessarily leads to a reflection on the implications that poses such a problem for life on the planet. A world that is transformed with unusual rapidity as a result of human actions should necessarily be embodied in respect for the essential values and rights of the individual and of everything that lives. It is not possible to ignore the social responsibility of the scientist before his investigative results, it is not possible today, to do science detached from a humanist conception centered on respect for all that is alive and for the value of human dignity; It is not possible to ignore the philosophical reflection that involves the treatment that implies the consequences of technological scientific development whatever the spheres of knowledge that are analyzed. However, even when it seems that such an understanding of the subject is accepted by a large number of scholars, it is significant to observe how disdainful attitudes are still found towards the need for dialogue between philosophical thinking and scientific endeavor, even in directly related areas of knowledge. With the life of man as are the medical sciences. This situation has motivated the development of this reflection, with the sole purpose of deepening once more the need for the relationship between Philosophy and Medicine.