In this podcast, Dr. Jonathan Fuller, philosophy of medicine postdoctoral fellow and graduating medical student at the University of Toronto, has a chat with Alex Broadbent, professor of philosophy at the University of Johannesburg.They discuss how medicine is defined, how the definition has changed over time, and what the term means in various contexts.For more philosophical discussions related to medicine, visit www.philosophersonmedicine.comDr. Alex Broadbent published a related Medicine and Society article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Full humanities article (subscription required): www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.180508-----------------------------------Subscribe to CMAJ Podcasts on Apple Podcasts, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Overcast, Instacast, or your favourite aggregator. You can also follow us directly on our SoundCloud page or you can visit www.cmaj.ca/page/multimedia/podcasts.