Bioethics And The Humanities: Attitudes And Perceptions (biomedical Law And Ethics Library)
by Jane Macnaughton /
2007 / English / PDF
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Critiquing many areas of medical practice and research whilst
making constructive suggestions about medical education, this
book extends the scope of medical ethics beyond sole concern with
regulation.
Critiquing many areas of medical practice and research whilst
making constructive suggestions about medical education, this
book extends the scope of medical ethics beyond sole concern with
regulation.
Illustrating some humanistic ways of understanding patients, this
volume explores the connections between medical ethics,
healthcare and subjects, such as philosophy, literature, creative
writing and medical history and how they can affect the attitudes
of doctors towards patients and the perceptions of medicine,
health and disease which have become part of contemporary
culture.
Illustrating some humanistic ways of understanding patients, this
volume explores the connections between medical ethics,
healthcare and subjects, such as philosophy, literature, creative
writing and medical history and how they can affect the attitudes
of doctors towards patients and the perceptions of medicine,
health and disease which have become part of contemporary
culture.
The authors examine a range of ideas in medical practice and
research, including:
The authors examine a range of ideas in medical practice and
research, including:the idea that patient status or the doctor/patient
relationship can be understood via quantitative scales
the idea that patient status or the doctor/patient
relationship can be understood via quantitative scalesthe illusion fostered by medical ethics that doctors, unlike
those in other professions, are uniquely beneficent and indeed
altruistic.
the illusion fostered by medical ethics that doctors, unlike
those in other professions, are uniquely beneficent and indeed
altruistic.
An excellent text for undergraduate and postgraduate students of
law, medical ethics and medical healthcare law,
An excellent text for undergraduate and postgraduate students of
law, medical ethics and medical healthcare law,Bioethics and
the Humanities
Bioethics and
the Humanities shows the real ethical achievements, problems
and half-truths of contemporary medicine.
shows the real ethical achievements, problems
and half-truths of contemporary medicine.
