Medicine And Moral Philosophy

Author : Marshall Cohen
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781400853564

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Responding to the increased public interest in the moral aspects of medical practice, this collection of essays focuses on questions of justice and injustice in the delivery and distribution of medical care and on problems concerning the rights of patients in their relationship to doctors, medical institutions, and government. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Kenneth A. Richman
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2004-06-18
Category : Medical
ISBN : 026226434X

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Ethics and the Metaphysics of Medicine by Kenneth A. Richman Pdf

Explores the philosophical and practical ethical implications of a definition of health as a state that allows us to reach our goals. Definitions of health and disease are of more than theoretical interest. Understanding what it means to be healthy has implications for choices in medical treatment, for ethically sound informed consent, and for accurate assessment of policies or programs. This deeper understanding can help us create more effective public policy for health and medicine. It is notable that such contentious legal initiatives as the Americans with Disability Act and the Patients' Bill of Rights fail to define adequately the medical terms on which their effectiveness depends. In Ethics and the Metaphysics of Medicine, Kenneth Richman develops an "embedded instrumentalist" theory of health and applies it to practical problems in health care and medicine, addressing topics that range from the philosophy of science to knee surgery. "Embedded instrumentalist" theories hold that health is a match between one's goals and one's ability to reach those goals, and that the relevant goals may vary from individual to individual. This captures the normative implications of the term health while avoiding problematic relativism. Richman's embedded instrumentalism differs from other theories of health in drawing a distinction between the health of individuals as biological organisms and the health of individuals as moral agents. This distinction illuminates many difficulties in patient-provider communication and helps us understand conflicts between promoting health and promoting ethically permissible behavior. After exploring, expanding, and defending this theory in the first part of the book, Richman examines its ethical implications, discussing such concerns as the connection between medical beneficence and respect for autonomy, patient-provider communication, living wills, and clinical education.

Author : Laura Elena Pacifici Noja,Alessandro Boccanelli
Publisher : tab edizioni
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9788892950139

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Health and Ethics by Laura Elena Pacifici Noja,Alessandro Boccanelli Pdf

The book Health and Ethics stems from the need to divulge the knowledge and emotions shared by students and professors during the first lessons of Moral Philosophy, led by Professors Pacifici Noja and Boccanelli. A spontaneous bond which had arisen amongst the two counterparts, led to an innovative model of creative interaction. The students, divided into 17 groups, had to choose among different themes suggested by the professors, according to their preferences and personal interests. The themes range among many fields, but they have one purpose in common: highlighting and studying the different relationships bonded between the physician and the patient. Therefore, the book was designed to be an important resource for the comprehension and the understanding of both the difficulties and the duties a physician needs to face, but also of the satisfaction and happiness which can arise from them.

Author : Marshall Cohen,Thomas Nagel,Thomas Scanlon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:468581745

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Author : K. W. M. Fulford
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0521388694

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Moral Theory and Medical Practice by K. W. M. Fulford Pdf

In this unique study Fulford combines the disciplines of rigorous philosophy with an intimate knowledge of psychopathology to overturn traditional hegemonies. The patient replaces the doctor at the heart of medicine. Moral theory and the logic of evaluation replace epistemology as the focus of philosophical enquiry. Ever controversial, mental illness is at the interface of philosophy and medicine. Mad or bad? Dissident or diseased? Dr Fulford shows that it is possible to achieve new insights into these traditional dilemmas, insights at once practically relevant and philosophically significant.

Author : Barbara Maier,Warren A. Shibles
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-03
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789048188673

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The Philosophy and Practice of Medicine and Bioethics by Barbara Maier,Warren A. Shibles Pdf

This book challenges the unchallenged methods in medicine, such as "evidence-based medicine," which claim to be, but often are not, scientific. It completes medical care by adding the comprehensive humanistic perspectives and philosophy of medicine. No specific or absolute recommendations are given regarding medical treatment, moral approaches, or legal advice. Given rather is discussion about each issue involved and the strongest arguments indicated. Each argument is subject to further critical analysis. This is the same position as with any philosophical, medical or scientific view. The argument that decision-making in medicine is inadequate unless grounded on a philosophy of medicine is not meant to include all of philosophy and every philosopher. On the contrary, it includes only sound, practical and humanistic philosophy and philosophers who are creative and critical thinkers and who have concerned themselves with the topics relevant to medicine. These would be those philosophers who engage in practical philosophy, such as the pragmatists, humanists, naturalists, and ordinary-language philosophers. A new definition of our own philosophy of life emerges and it is necessary to have one. Good lifestyle no longer means just abstaining from cigarettes, alcohol and getting exercise. It also means living a holistic life, which includes all of one's thinking, personality and actions. This book also includes new ways of thinking. In this regard the "Metaphorical Method" is explained, used, and exemplified in depth, for example in the chapters on care, egoism and altruism, letting die, etc.

Author : Marshall Cohen,Thomas Nagel,Thomas Scanlon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:468581745

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Medicine and Moral Philosophy by Marshall Cohen,Thomas Nagel,Thomas Scanlon Pdf

Author : Thomas Szasz
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1988-04-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0815602251

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The Theology of Medicine by Thomas Szasz Pdf

Author : Michael Dunn,R. A. Hope
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Medical ethics
ISBN : 0191853178

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Medical Ethics by Michael Dunn,R. A. Hope Pdf

Dealing with some of the thorniest problems in medicine, from euthanasia to the distribution of health care resources, this book introduces the reasoning we can use to approach medical ethics. Exploring how medical ethics supports health professionals' work, it also considers the impact of the media, pressure groups, and legal judgments.

Author : American Physician
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1407667181

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Conferences on the Moral Philosophy of Medicine by American Physician Pdf

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Author : Thomas Percival
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1070392787

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Percival's Medical Ethics by Thomas Percival Pdf

Author : Michael A. Grodin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2001-11-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 1402002521

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Meta Medical Ethics by Michael A. Grodin Pdf

What is Bioethics? What are its goals and theoretical assumptions? Is it a unique discipline? Must medical ethics be grounded in clinical experience? How can ethical inquiry inform medicine's theory and practice? Must one have a definition of medicine before one can have a medical ethic? Does medicine have a unique or demarcating body of knowledge, methodology, or philosophy? These troubling questions are addressed by a distinguished roster of philosophers, theologians, lawyers, social scientists, physicians and scientists. The unifying theme of this text is a philosophical exploration of the history, nature, scope and foundations of bioethics. There is a critical evaluation of principled, communitarian, legal, narrative and feminist approaches. The book's interdisciplinary focus allows for a lively dialogue which includes papers and accompanying commentaries. Audience: Philosophers of science and medical ethicists, physicians, lawyers, policy makers.

Author : R.B. Baker,R. Porter
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789401582285

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The Codification of Medical Morality by R.B. Baker,R. Porter Pdf

The editors have incurred many debts in preparing this book, and both etiquette and ethics would be contravened if they were not discharged here. Above all, we wish to thank the contributors for so cheerfully complying with our suggestions for preparing their papers for publication and efficiently meeting our schedules. It is thanks to their cooperation that this volume has appeared speedily and painlessly; their revisions have helped to give it internal coherence. This volume has emerged from papers delivered at a conference on the History of Medical Ethics, held at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London, 1 December, 1989. We are most grateful to the Wellcome Trust for having underwritten the costs of the conference, and to Frieda Houser and Stephen Emberton whose organizational skills contributed so much to making it a smoothly-run and enjoyable day. In addition to the papers delivered at the conference, we are delighted to have secured further contributions from David Harley and Johanna Geyer-Kordesch. Our thanks to them for their eager help. From start to finish, we have received splendid encouragement from all those connected with the Philosophy and Medicine series, especially Professor Stuart Spicker, and Martin Scrivener at Kluwer Academic Publishers. Their enthusiasm has lightened our load, and expedited the editorial process.

Author : William J. Ellos S.J.
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134942305

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Ethical Practice in Clinical Medicine by William J. Ellos S.J. Pdf

Increasingly, medical students are required to face up to ethical issues in their training and practice. At the same time, there is growing interest in philosophy courses in the ethical issues raised by medical practice. This textbook, designed primarily for students of medicine, develops the issues to a philosophical level complex enough to be satisfying to students of philosophy as well as MA students on applied ethics courses. The author advocates an approach to medical ethics which breaks out of the straitjacket of the narrow choice between utilitarian or deontological theory, and contains a valuable discussion of practical wisdom. It maintains a balance between case studies and philosophical arguments - which are developed in a historical context, and will be of interest at all levels of the medical profession.

Author : Edmund D. Pellegrino,David C. Thomasma
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1993-11-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780199748754

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The Virtues in Medical Practice by Edmund D. Pellegrino,David C. Thomasma Pdf

In recent years, virtue theories have enjoyed a renaissance of interest among general and medical ethicists. This book offers a virtue-based ethic for medicine, the health professions, and health care. Beginning with a historical account of the concept of virtue, the authors construct a theory of the place of the virtues in medical practice. Their theory is grounded in the nature and ends of medicine as a special kind of human activity. The concepts of virtue, the virtues, and the virtuous physician are examined along with the place of the virtues of trust, compassion, prudence, justice, courage, temperance, and effacement of self-interest in medicine. The authors discuss the relationship between and among principles, rules, virtues, and the philosophy of medicine. They also address the difference virtue-based ethics makes in confronting such practical problems as care of the poor, research with human subjects, and the conduct of the healing relationship. This book with the author's previous volumes, A Philosophical Basis of Medical Practice and For the Patient's Good, are part of their continuing project of developing a coherent moral philosophy of medicine.