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Bioethics as practice / Judith Andre.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Andre, Judith.
- Series:
- Studies in social medicine
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical ethics.
- Bioethics.
- Bioethical Issues.
- Medical Subjects:
- Bioethics.
- Bioethical Issues.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 253 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- Writing as a participant in the bioethics field, Andre offers a model to unify its diversity. Using the term "bioethics" broadly, to include all the medical humanities, she articulates ideals for the field, identifies its temptations and moral pitfalls, and argues for the central importance of certain virtues.
- Contents:
- November 1994
- Bioethics as something new
- Bioethics as a territory: an allegory
- The languages of bioethics
- Bioethics as a practice
- Bioethics and moral development
- Virtue in bioethics: choosing projects well
- The goods we want and the goods we need: a call for integrity and discernment
- Virtuous communities
- Intellectual virtue and interdisciplinary work
- A new millennium.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-246) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0807827339
- OCLC:
- 48951055
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