PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Havi Carel
TI  - Whose values? Whose reasons? A commentary on ‘Rethinking disease: a fresh diagnosis and a new philosophical treatment’ by Powell and Scarffe
AID  - 10.1136/medethics-2019-105663
DP  - 2019 Sep 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Ethics
PG  - 592--593
VI  - 45
IP  - 9
4099  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/45/9/592.short
4100  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/45/9/592.full
SO  - J Med Ethics2019 Sep 01; 45
AB  - In this short commentary, I reflect on the new definition of disease proposed by Powell and Scarffe. I suggest that the method they appeal to as objective, namely, rational justification, is open to several criticisms, which I outline and discuss.