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Foreword Introduction Section 1: History and position of the problem, and the challenge of medical thinking. Philosophy for medicine: yesterday and today Chapter 1: How did we get where we are today? Chapter 2: Philosophy and medicine. How much are we philosophers? Chapter 3: Art, craft, science: aren’t we also all this and above? Chapter 4: Ways we see, learn, and practice medicine today Chapter 5: General rules of critical thinking, argumentation, and logic in medical research and practice Chapter 6: The scientific method. Not only for science but for practice too! Chapter 7: Evidence-based medicine, patient-centered and otherwise centered medicines, and clinical practice sharing a common line of thought. Section2: Philosophy interfacing topics of interest for health sciences and professions across the cognitive process in health care and research Chapter 8: Definitions of What we want to see and what we can do. Chapter 9: Probabilities, uncertainties, risks, and other qualifications in health by steps of clinical work Chapter 10: Cause-effect relationships Chapter 11: Thinking by steps of clinical and community care. Section 3: Decision making in clinical and community health care, research, and practice Chapter 12: Fundamentals of decision analysis and decision making Chapter 13: Decision making in clinical and community care. Chapter 14: Communication in research and practice. Chapter 15: Writing medical articles; essays, scientific papers Chapter 16: Clinical case and case series reporting Chapter 17: Oral and written communication in clinical and community practice and care Appendix 1: Other references Appendix 2: Glossary