Editors:
- Compares major theoretical models in the foundation of clinical bioethics
- Provides a consistent reconstruction of the bioethical judgment at the level of both epistemological statute and institutional context
Part of the book series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine (LIME, volume 26)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Clinical Bioethics: Comparing Theoretical Models
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Toward Clinical Bioethics Integrating “Internalmorality” and “External Morality”
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The Goals of Medicine in Relation to the Subjectivisation of Health and Rationalisation of Health Care Institutions
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Bioethical Judgment: Epistemological Statute and Institutional Context
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Back Matter
About this book
A theory of Clinical Bioethics based on the integration of the moral logic of health care practice ("internal morality") and the larger social concerns and processes ("external morality")
Clinical Bioethics. A Search for the Foundations compares major theoretical models in the foundation of clinical bioethics and explains medicine as a normative practice. The goals of medicine are discussed with particular reference to the subjectivisation of health and the rationalisation of health care institutions. This volume provides a consistent reconstruction of bioethical judgment both at the level of epistemological statute and institutional context, i.e. clinical ethics committees and clinical ethics consultation.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"Corrado Viafora … has assembled essays from a clinical bioethics conference which reflect a large and enduring perspective on the origins of clinical ethics and its future. … I recommend this book to those who seek a deeper understanding of bioethics as it is rooted in both ancient and recent philosophy and in the practical search for consensus in modern clinical dilemmas. … this collection is helpful when considering the plurality of world views and value systems of both patients and physicians." (R. Henry Williams, Ethics and Medicine, Vol. 25 (1), 2009)
Editors and Affiliations
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University of Padua, Italy
David C. Thomasma
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Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy, Loyola University of Chicago, Medical Center, USA
David N. Weisstub
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Université de Montréal, Canada
Thomasine Kimbrough Kushner
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University of California, Berkeley, USA
Corrado Viafora
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Clinical Bioethics
Book Subtitle: A Search for the Foundations
Editors: David C. Thomasma, David N. Weisstub, Thomasine Kimbrough Kushner, Corrado Viafora
Series Title: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3593-4
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-3592-0Published: 19 July 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6905-4Published: 28 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-3593-7Published: 28 December 2005
Series ISSN: 1567-8008
Series E-ISSN: 2351-955X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 208
Topics: Theory of Medicine/Bioethics, Ethics