"Isn't All of Oncology Hermeneutic?"

In this paper, we describe an event during a pediatric oncology research meeting that prompted the discussion of the ways in which hermeneutics brings a different kind of understanding to both research and practice. We claim that oncology is the practical science of handling natural science research...

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Autores principales: Nancy J Moules, David W Jardine, Graham P McCaffrey, Christopher B Brown
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:71d125b0df86498f9d6b4c3c2ac411ee2021-11-25T21:26:03Z"Isn't All of Oncology Hermeneutic?"10.11575/jah.v0i2.532211927-4416https://doaj.org/article/71d125b0df86498f9d6b4c3c2ac411ee2013-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jah/article/view/53221https://doaj.org/toc/1927-4416In this paper, we describe an event during a pediatric oncology research meeting that prompted the discussion of the ways in which hermeneutics brings a different kind of understanding to both research and practice. We claim that oncology is the practical science of handling natural science research and as such practice in oncology is deeply hermeneutic in character in its recognition of the importance, vitality, and generativity of the “individual case†even in the face of amassed, verified, and aggregate knowledge that is given from the natural science research. Oncology is always contingent, next case handling, and is not identifiable simply as something determined and guided by natural sciences alone. In the face of this, we propose that there is an obvious, profound, and natural fit of hermeneutic research in understanding the lives, relationships, suffering, and experiences that are affected by cancer.   Keywords: childhood cancer, Gadamer, hermeneutics, pediatric oncology, Robert Buckman   Nancy J MoulesDavid W JardineGraham P McCaffreyChristopher B BrownUniversity of Calgaryarticlechildhood cancerGadamerhermeneuticspediatric oncologyRobert BuckmanPhilosophy (General)B1-5802ENJournal of Applied Hermeneutics, Iss 2 (2013)
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topic childhood cancer
Gadamer
hermeneutics
pediatric oncology
Robert Buckman
Philosophy (General)
B1-5802
spellingShingle childhood cancer
Gadamer
hermeneutics
pediatric oncology
Robert Buckman
Philosophy (General)
B1-5802
Nancy J Moules
David W Jardine
Graham P McCaffrey
Christopher B Brown
"Isn't All of Oncology Hermeneutic?"
description In this paper, we describe an event during a pediatric oncology research meeting that prompted the discussion of the ways in which hermeneutics brings a different kind of understanding to both research and practice. We claim that oncology is the practical science of handling natural science research and as such practice in oncology is deeply hermeneutic in character in its recognition of the importance, vitality, and generativity of the “individual case†even in the face of amassed, verified, and aggregate knowledge that is given from the natural science research. Oncology is always contingent, next case handling, and is not identifiable simply as something determined and guided by natural sciences alone. In the face of this, we propose that there is an obvious, profound, and natural fit of hermeneutic research in understanding the lives, relationships, suffering, and experiences that are affected by cancer.   Keywords: childhood cancer, Gadamer, hermeneutics, pediatric oncology, Robert Buckman  
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