Bioethics as practice [[electronic resource] /] / Judith Andre

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910455517503321
• Autore: Andre Judith
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2002
• ISBN: 0-8078-6121-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (267 p.)
• Collana: Studies in social medicine
• Disciplina: 174/.2
• Soggetti: Medical ethics; Bioethics; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-246) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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