Allen, Hannah (2024) Forsaking Fortune: Luck and Its Limited Utility to Cancer Diagnosis. Philosophy of Medicine, 5 (1). pp. 1-18. ISSN 2692-3963

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Abstract

This paper interrogates the concept of luck in cancer diagnosis. I argue that while it might have some utility for individuals, at the clinical and research level, the concept impedes important prevention efforts and misdirects sources of blame in a cancer diagnosis. Such use, in fact, has the possibility of harming already vulnerable efforts at ameliorating social determinants of health and should therefore be eliminated from research and clinical contexts.

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Item Type:	Published Article or Volume
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Allen, Hannah h.allen@utah.edu 0009-0004-4791-6080
Keywords:	Cancer diagnosis Luck Social determinants of health
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Medicine > Health and Disease Specific Sciences > Medicine
Depositing User:	Professor Alex Broadbent
Date Deposited:	10 Dec 2024 13:02
Last Modified:	10 Dec 2024 13:02
Item ID:	24378
Journal or Publication Title:	Philosophy of Medicine
Publisher:	University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
Official URL:	https://philmed.pitt.edu/philmed/article/view/188
DOI or Unique Handle:	10.5195/pom.2024.188
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Medicine > Health and Disease Specific Sciences > Medicine
Date:	4 December 2024
Page Range:	pp. 1-18
Volume:	5
Number:	1
ISSN:	2692-3963
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/24378

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