Evolution and medicine: the long reach of "Dr. Darwin"

dc.contributor	Wichita State University. Department of History
dc.contributor.author	Shanks, Niall
dc.contributor.author	Pyles, Rebecca A.
dc.date.accessioned	2012-02-10T19:15:40Z
dc.date.available	2012-02-10T19:15:40Z
dc.date.issued	2007-04-03
dc.identifier.citation	Shanks, Niall, and Pyles, Rebecca A. n.d. Evolution and medicine: the long reach of "Dr. Darwin". BioMed Central. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1852567.	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1747-5341
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10057/4443
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1747-5341-2-4
dc.description	Open Access article accessible for free in SOAR.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	In this review we consider the new science of Darwinian medicine. While it has often been said that evolutionary theory is the glue that holds the disparate branches of biological inquiry together and gives them direction and purpose, the links to biomedical inquiry have only recently been articulated in a coherent manner. Our aim in this review is to make clear first of all, how evolutionary theory is relevant to medicine; and secondly, how the biomedical sciences have enriched our understanding of evolutionary processes. We will conclude our review with some observations of the philosophical significance of this interplay between evolutionary theory and the biomedical sciences.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	BioMed Central BioMed Central	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine;2007:, v.2, no.4
dc.title	Evolution and medicine: the long reach of "Dr. Darwin"	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
dc.description.version	Peer reviewed
dc.rights.holder	Copyright © 2007 Shanks and Pyles; licensee BioMed Central Ltd