Reconceiving medical ethics / edited by Christopher Cowley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cowley, Christopher, 1967-

Series:

Continuum studies in philosophy.

Continuum studies in philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Continuum, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Thisvolume of original work comprises a modest challenge,sometimes direct, sometimes implicit, to the mainstream Anglo-Americanconception of the discipline of medical ethics. does so not by trying to fill the gaps with exotic minority interest topics,but by re-examining some of the fundamental assumptions of the familiarphilosophical arguments, and some of the basic situations that generate theissues. The most important such situation is the encounter between the doctorand the suffering patient, which forms one of the themes of the book. Theauthors show that concepts such as the body, sufferin

Contents:

pt. 1. The suffering patient, the suffering body

pt. 2. When high-tech medicine fails : old age, dying and mental illness

pt. 3. Autonomy and autonomous decision-making

pt. 4. The law, the profession and ethics.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613527608

9781441103970

144110397X

9781280123740

1280123745

9781441121271

1441121277

OCLC:

778564753