The Methods Of Bioethics

Author : John McMillan
Publisher : Issues in Biomedical Ethics
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-13
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780199603756

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This is the first book in bioethics that explains how it is that you actually go about doing good bioethics. Bioethics has made a mistake about its methods, and this has led not only to too much theorizing, but also fragmentation within bioethics. The unhelpful disputes between those who think bioethics needs to be more philosophical, more sociological, more clinical, or more empirical, continue. While each of these claims will have some point, they obscure what should be common to all instances of bioethics. Moreover, they provide another phantom that can lead newcomers to bioethics down blind alleyways stalked by bristling sociologists and philosophers. The method common to all bioethics is bringing moral reason to bear upon ethical issues, and it is more accurate and productive to clarify what this involves than to stake out a methodological patch that shows why one discipline is the most important. This book develops an account of the nature of bioethics and then explains how a number of methodological spectres have obstructed bioethics becoming what it should. In the final part, it explains how moral reason can be brought to bear upon practical issues via an 'empirical, Socratic' approach.

Author : Jeremy Sugarman MD, MPH, MA,Daniel P. Sulmasy MD, PhD, OFM
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-15
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781589016231

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Methods in Medical Ethics by Jeremy Sugarman MD, MPH, MA,Daniel P. Sulmasy MD, PhD, OFM Pdf

Medical ethics draws upon methods from a wide array of disciplines, including anthropology, economics, epidemiology, health services research, history, law, medicine, nursing, philosophy, psychology, sociology, and theology. In this influential book, outstanding scholars in medical ethics bring these many methods together in one place to be systematically described, critiqued, and challenged. Newly revised and updated chapters in this second edition include philosophy, religion and theology, virtue and professionalism, casuistry and clinical ethics, law, history, qualitative research, ethnography, quantitative surveys, experimental methods, and economics and decision science. This second edition also includes new chapters on literature and sociology, as well as a second chapter on philosophy which expands the range of philosophical methods discussed to include gender ethics, communitarianism, and discourse ethics. In each of these chapters, contributors provide descriptions of the methods, critiques, and notes on resources and training. Methods in Medical Ethics is a valuable resource for scholars, teachers, editors, and students in any of the disciplines that have contributed to the field. As a textbook and reference for graduate students and scholars in medical ethics, it offers a rich understanding of the complexities involved in the rigorous investigation of moral questions in medical practice and research.

Author : Tom Tomlinson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-23
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780195161243

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METHODS IN MEDICAL ETHICS by Tom Tomlinson Pdf

This book systematically reviews a variety of methods for addressing ethical problems in medicine, accounting for both their weaknesses and strengths. Illustrated throughout with specific cases or controversies, the book aims to develop an informed eclecticism that knows how to pick the right tool for the right job.

Author : Marcus Düwell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780415609913

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Bioethics by Marcus Düwell Pdf

This book is a philosophically-oriented introduction to bioethics. It offers the reader an overview of key current debates in bioethics in the areas including organ retrieval, stem cell research, justice in healthcare and issues in environmental ethics including issues surrounding food and agriculture. The book also seeks to go beyond describing the issues in order to provide the reader with the methodological and theoretical tools for a more comprehensive understanding of bioethical debates. The book investigates the theoretical foundations and normative implications of bioethical debates and situates the areas of ethics into their philosophical context.

Author : John D. Arras
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780190665982

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Methods in Bioethics by John D. Arras Pdf

This volume collects essays by the late bioethicist John D. Arras, best known for his many contributions to the methodology of bioethics. Always open-minded, Arras did not favor a single theory or view of method in bioethics, eschewing labels such as "casuist" or "pragmatist." He was conversant with the main philosophical methods that have dominated bioethics since the field's origin, including principlism, Gert's common morality, the "new casuistry", pragmatism, and others. Rather than defending any particular theory or method, though, Arras rigorously investigated those methods - and how they both expand and limit our field of vision. He sought, in the tradition of Kierkegaard, to make life "harder" for bioethics, by uncovering challenges to the field's analytical methods. His favorite mode of exploration and expression was the thoughtful essay. The essays collected here reveal him thinking through new problems and new possibilities, and they invariably yield fresh and valuable insights.

Author : Liva Jacoby,Laura A. Siminoff
Publisher : Jai
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2008-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780762312665

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Empirical Methods for Bioethics by Liva Jacoby,Laura A. Siminoff Pdf

The Advances in Bioethics series is devoted to publishing collections of original papers and multi-authored volumes that advance the field of bioethics either by exploring new areas, or by taking new approaches to traditional areas. Although the series is published in English, its scope is international, and manuscripts are welcome from authors throughout the world. Advances in Bioethics is now available online at ScienceDirect full-text online of volumes 6 onwards. Elsevier book series on ScienceDirect gives multiple users throughout an institution simultaneous online access to an important compliment to primary research. Digital delivery ensures users reliable, 24-hour access to the latest peer-reviewed content. The Elsevier book series are compiled and written by the most highly regarded authors in their fields and are selected from across the globe using Elseviers extensive researcher network. For more information about the Elsevier Book Series on ScienceDirect Program, please visit: http://www.info.sciencedirect.com/bookseries/ *The volume adopts a more personal view of bioethics by examining the physician *Discusses character formation, ethics, professional character, and other concepts *Addresses the interpersonal aspects of physicians and the importance of character

Author : Christoph Rehmann-Sutter,Marcus Düwell,Dietmar Mieth
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2006-03-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402042416

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Bioethics in Cultural Contexts by Christoph Rehmann-Sutter,Marcus Düwell,Dietmar Mieth Pdf

CHRISTOPH REHMANN-SUTTER, MARCUS DÜWELL, DIETMAR MIETH When we placed “finitude”, “limits of human existence” as a motto over a round of discussion on biomedicine and bioethics (which led to this collection of essays) we did not know how far this would lead us into methodological quandaries. However, we felt intuitively that an interdisciplinary approach including social and cultural sciences would have an advantage over a solely disciplinary (philosophical or theological) analysis. Bioethics, if it is to have adequate discriminatory power, should include sensitivity to the cultural contexts of biomedicine, and also to the cultural contexts of bioethics itself. Context awareness, of course, is not foreign to philosophical or theological bioethics, for the simple reason that the issues tackled in the debates (as in other fields of ethics) could not be adequately understood outside their contexts. Moral issues are always accompanied by contexts. When we try to unpack them – which is necessary to make them accessible to ethical discussion – we are regularly confronted with the fact that in removing too much of the context we do not clarify an issue, but make it less comprehensible. The context – at least some essential parts of it – is intrinsic to the issue. Unpacking in ethics is therefore a different procedure. It does not mean peeling the context off, but rather identifying which contextual elements are essential for an understanding of the key moral aspects of the issue, and explaining how they establish its particular character.

Author : Dr. John McMillan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Bioethics
ISBN : 0191862886

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Methods of Bioethics by Dr. John McMillan Pdf

This is the first book that explains how you actually go about doing good bioethics. John McMillan develops an account of the nature of bioethics; he reveals how a number of methodological spectres have obstructed bioethics; and then he shows how moral reason can be brought to bear upon practical issues via an 'empirical, Socratic' approach.

Author : James F. Childress
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Bioethics
ISBN : 0195032861

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Principles of Biomedical Ethics by James F. Childress Pdf

Author : Nancy Ann Silbergeld Jecker,Albert R. Jonsen,Robert A. Pearlman
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Bioethics
ISBN : 0763743143

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Bioethics by Nancy Ann Silbergeld Jecker,Albert R. Jonsen,Robert A. Pearlman Pdf

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Author : Stephen Scher,Kasia Kozlowska
Publisher : Springer
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789811308307

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Rethinking Health Care Ethics by Stephen Scher,Kasia Kozlowska Pdf

​The goal of this open access book is to develop an approach to clinical health care ethics that is more accessible to, and usable by, health professionals than the now-dominant approaches that focus, for example, on the application of ethical principles. The book elaborates the view that health professionals have the emotional and intellectual resources to discuss and address ethical issues in clinical health care without needing to rely on the expertise of bioethicists. The early chapters review the history of bioethics and explain how academics from outside health care came to dominate the field of health care ethics, both in professional schools and in clinical health care. The middle chapters elaborate a series of concepts, drawn from philosophy and the social sciences, that set the stage for developing a framework that builds upon the individual moral experience of health professionals, that explains the discontinuities between the demands of bioethics and the experience and perceptions of health professionals, and that enables the articulation of a full theory of clinical ethics with clinicians themselves as the foundation. Against that background, the first of three chapters on professional education presents a general framework for teaching clinical ethics; the second discusses how to integrate ethics into formal health care curricula; and the third addresses the opportunities for teaching available in clinical settings. The final chapter, "Empowering Clinicians", brings together the various dimensions of the argument and anticipates potential questions about the framework developed in earlier chapters.

Author : Tod Chambers
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-22
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781317795346

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The Fiction of Bioethics by Tod Chambers Pdf

Tod Chambers suggests that literary theory is a crucial component in the complete understanding of bioethics. The Fiction of Bioethics explores the medical case study and distills the idea that bioethicists study real-life cases, while philosophers contemplate fictional accounts.

Author : Jonathan Ives,Michael Dunn,Alan Cribb
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 1107435501

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Empirical Bioethics by Jonathan Ives,Michael Dunn,Alan Cribb Pdf

Bioethics has long been accepted as an interdisciplinary field. The recent 'empirical turn' in bioethics is, however, creating challenges that move beyond those of simple interdisciplinary collaboration, as researchers grapple with the methodological, empirical and meta-ethical challenges of combining the normative and the empirical, as well as navigating the difficulties that can arise from attempts to transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries. Empirical Bioethics: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives brings together contributions from leading experts in the field which speak to these challenges, providing insight into how they can be understood and suggestions for how they might be overcome. Combining discussions of meta-ethical challenges, examples of different methodologies for integrating empirical and normative research, and reflection on the challenges of conducting and publishing such work, this book will both introduce the novice to the field and challenge the expert.

Author : Alastair V. Campbell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351818155

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Bioethics: The Basics by Alastair V. Campbell Pdf

Bioethics: The Basics is an introduction to the foundational principles, theories and issues in the study of medical and biological ethics. Readers are introduced to bioethics from the ground up before being invited to consider some of the most controversial but important questions facing us today. Topics addressed include: the range of moral theories underpinning bioethics arguments for the rights and wrongs of abortion, euthanasia and animal research health care ethics including the nature of the practitioner-patient relationship public policy ethics and the implications of global and public health ‘3 parents’, enhancement, incidental findings and nudge approaches in health care. This thoroughly revised second edition provides a concise, readable and authoritative introduction for anyone interested in the study of bioethics.

Author : Institute of Medicine,Committee on the Social and Ethical Impacts of Developments in Biomedicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1995-03-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309051323

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Society's Choices by Institute of Medicine,Committee on the Social and Ethical Impacts of Developments in Biomedicine Pdf

Breakthroughs in biomedicine often lead to new life-giving treatments but may also raise troubling, even life-and-death, quandaries. Society's Choices discusses ways for people to handle today's bioethics issues in the context of America's unique history and cultureâ€"and from the perspectives of various interest groups. The book explores how Americans have grappled with specific aspects of bioethics through commission deliberations, programs by organizations, and other mechanisms and identifies criteria for evaluating the outcomes of these efforts. The committee offers recommendations on the role of government and professional societies, the function of commissions and institutional review boards, and bioethics in health professional education and research. The volume includes a series of 12 superb background papers on public moral discourse, mechanisms for handling social and ethical dilemmas, and other specific areas of controversy by well-known experts Ronald Bayer, Martin Benjamin, Dan W. Brock, Baruch A. Brody, H. Alta Charo, Lawrence Gostin, Bradford H. Gray, Kathi E. Hanna, Elizabeth Heitman, Thomas Nagel, Steven Shapin, and Charles M. Swezey.