Bioethics as practice / Judith Andre.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Andre, Judith.

Series:

Studies in social medicine.

Studies in social medicine

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical ethics.

Bioethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (267 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Those who work in bioethics and the medical humanities come from many different backgrounds, such as health care, philosophy, law, the social sciences, and religious studies. The work they do also varies widely: consulting on ethical issues in patient care, working with legislatures, dealing with the media, teaching, speaking, writing and more.Writing as a participant in this developing field, Judith 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 a

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:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-246) and index.

ISBN:

9798890872777

9780807861219

0807861219

OCLC:

476236296