Ethics And The Metaphysics Of Medicine
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Ethics And The Metaphysics Of Medicine
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Author : Kenneth A. Richman
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2004-06-18
Ethics And The Metaphysics Of Medicine written by Kenneth A. Richman and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-06-18 with Medical categories.
Explores the philosophical and practical ethical implications of a definition of health as a state that allows us to reach our goals. Definitions of health and disease are of more than theoretical interest. Understanding what it means to be healthy has implications for choices in medical treatment, for ethically sound informed consent, and for accurate assessment of policies or programs. This deeper understanding can help us create more effective public policy for health and medicine. It is notable that such contentious legal initiatives as the Americans with Disability Act and the Patients' Bill of Rights fail to define adequately the medical terms on which their effectiveness depends. In Ethics and the Metaphysics of Medicine, Kenneth Richman develops an "embedded instrumentalist" theory of health and applies it to practical problems in health care and medicine, addressing topics that range from the philosophy of science to knee surgery. "Embedded instrumentalist" theories hold that health is a match between one's goals and one's ability to reach those goals, and that the relevant goals may vary from individual to individual. This captures the normative implications of the term health while avoiding problematic relativism. Richman's embedded instrumentalism differs from other theories of health in drawing a distinction between the health of individuals as biological organisms and the health of individuals as moral agents. This distinction illuminates many difficulties in patient-provider communication and helps us understand conflicts between promoting health and promoting ethically permissible behavior. After exploring, expanding, and defending this theory in the first part of the book, Richman examines its ethical implications, discussing such concerns as the connection between medical beneficence and respect for autonomy, patient-provider communication, living wills, and clinical education.
An Introductory Philosophy Of Medicine
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Author : James A. Marcum
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2010-10-28
An Introductory Philosophy Of Medicine written by James A. Marcum and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-28 with Medical categories.
In this book the author explores the shifting philosophical boundaries of modern medical knowledge and practice occasioned by the crisis of quality-of-care, especially in terms of the various humanistic adjustments to the biomedical model. To that end he examines the metaphysical, epistemological, and ethical boundaries of these medical models. He begins with their metaphysics, analyzing the metaphysical positions and presuppositions and ontological commitments upon which medical knowledge and practice is founded. Next, he considers the epistemological issues that face these medical models, particularly those driven by methodological procedures undertaken by epistemic agents to constitute medical knowledge and practice. Finally, he examines the axiological boundaries and the ethical implications of each model, especially in terms of the physician-patient relationship. In a concluding Epilogue, he discusses how the philosophical analysis of the humanization of modern medicine helps to address the crisis-of-care, as well as the question of “What is medicine?” The book’s unique features include a comprehensive coverage of the various topics in the philosophy of medicine that have emerged over the past several decades and a philosophical context for embedding bioethical discussions. The book’s target audiences include both undergraduate and graduate students, as well as healthcare professionals and professional philosophers. “This book is the 99th issue of the Series Philosophy and Medicine...and it can be considered a crown of thirty years of intensive and dynamic discussion in the field. We are completely convinced that after its publication, it can be finally said that undoubtedly the philosophy of medicine exists as a special field of inquiry.”
Handbook Of Analytic Philosophy Of Medicine
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Author : Kazem Sadegh-Zadeh
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Handbook Of Analytic Philosophy Of Medicine written by Kazem Sadegh-Zadeh and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Medical ethics categories.
Medical Ethics
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Author : Michael Dunn
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2018
Medical Ethics written by Michael Dunn and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Medical categories.
Preious edition has Tony Hope as the only author.
The Routledge Companion To Philosophy Of Medicine
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Author : Miriam Solomon
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-10-04
The Routledge Companion To Philosophy Of Medicine written by Miriam Solomon and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-04 with Philosophy categories.
The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Medicine is a comprehensive guide to topics in the fields of epistemology and metaphysics of medicine. It examines traditional topics such as the concept of disease, causality in medicine, the epistemology of the randomized controlled trial, the biopsychosocial model, explanation, clinical judgment and phenomenology of medicine and emerging topics, such as philosophy of epidemiology, measuring harms, the concept of disability, nursing perspectives, race and gender, the metaphysics of Chinese medicine, and narrative medicine. Each of the 48 chapters is written especially for this volume and with a student audience in mind. For pedagogy and clarity, each chapter contains an extended example illustrating the ideas discussed. This text is intended for use as a reference for students in courses in philosophy of medicine and philosophy of science, and pairs well with The Routledge Companion to Bioethics for use in medical humanities and social science courses.
Meaning And Medicine
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Author : Hilde Lindemann Nelson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 1999-07-22
Meaning And Medicine written by Hilde Lindemann Nelson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-07-22 with Philosophy categories.
A chief aim of this resource is to rekindle interest in seeing health care not solely as a set of practices so problematic as to require ethical analysis by philosophers and other scholars, but as a field whose scrutiny is richly rewarding for the traditional concerns of philosophy.
Bioethics And Moral Content National Traditions Of Health Care Morality
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Author : H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr.
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-11-11
Bioethics And Moral Content National Traditions Of Health Care Morality written by H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr. and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-11 with Philosophy categories.
This volume explores the plurality of moral perspectives shaping bioethics. It is inspired by Kazumasa Hoshino's critical reflections on the differences in moral perspectives separating Japanese and American bioethics. It offers a rich perspective of the range of approaches to bioethics and brings into question whether there is unambiguously one ethics for bioethics to apply.
Establishing Medical Reality
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Author : Harold Kincaid
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2007-06-01
Establishing Medical Reality written by Harold Kincaid and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-06-01 with Medical categories.
Medicine raises numerous philosophical issues. This volume approaches the philosophy of medicine from the broad naturalist perspective. This holds that philosophy must be continuous with, constrained by, and relevant to empirical results of the natural and social sciences. The upshot is a unique volume that ties medicine to contemporary issues in philosophy of science and metaphysics.
Evaluation And Explanation In The Biomedical Sciences
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Author : H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr.
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Evaluation And Explanation In The Biomedical Sciences written by H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr. and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Medical categories.
This volume inaugurates a series concerning philosophy and medicine. There are few, if any, areas of social concern so pervasive as medicine and yet as underexamined by philosophy. But the claim to precedence of the Proceedings of the First Trans-Disciplinary Symposium on Philos ophy and Medicine must be qualified. Claims to be "first" are notorious in the history of scientific as well as humanistic investigation and the claim that the First Trans-Disciplinary Symposium on Philosophy and Medicine has no precedent is not meant to be put in bald form. The editors clearly do not maintain that philosophers and physicians have not heretofore discussed matters of mutual concern, nor that individual philosophers and physicians have never taken up problems and concepts in medicine which are themselves at the boundary or interface of these two disciplines - concepts like "matter," "disease," "psyche. " Surely there have been books published on the logic and philosophy of medi 1 cine. But the formalization of issues and concepts in medicine has not received, at least in this century, sustained interest by professional phi losophers. Groups of philosophers have not engaged medicine in order to explicate its philosophical presuppositions and to sort out the various concepts which appear in medicine. The scope of such an effort takes the philosopher beyond problems and issues which today are subsumed under the rubric "medical ethics.
The Sanctity Of Life Doctrine In Medicine
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Author : Helga Kuhse
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1987
The Sanctity Of Life Doctrine In Medicine written by Helga Kuhse and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Examining and refuting the "sanctity-of-life" view in medical decision making, Kuhse argues for a quality-of-life ethic based on the belief that there is a profound difference between merely being alive and life being in the patient's interest.