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UNINA9910460144003321 |
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Autore |
Sassower Raphael |
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Titolo |
Ethical choices in contemporary medicine : integrative bioethics / / Raphael Sassower and Mary Ann Cutter |
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London : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (161 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Medical ethics |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1 The predicaments of contemporary medicine; The art of medicine; Technoscientific culture; Public expectations: from the Nuremberg Trials to IRBs; 2 Medical epistemologies and goals; Historical frameworks and buried insights; Theory and practice; Contextualizing medical reality; Knowing and valuing; 3 Medical certainty revisited; The scientific status of medicine; Clinical uncertainty: enrichment loops; Working with clinical uncertainty; 4 A new ethics of medical practice; The plurality of medical knowledge |
Leading bioethical discoursesCritiques of bioethical discourses; Case study reflections; Recommendations for practising medicine; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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""Ethical Choices in Contemporary Medicine"" jettisons the standard medical ethics models of ""rights"" language and shows how the bioethical problems that receive attention from the media and the public are related to and are explicable in terms of the epistemological foundations of science and medicine. These epistemological concerns include how medical knowledge is established (scientific validity), how medical protocols are administered (checks and balances), how medical certainty is evaluated (probability) and medical responsibility is framed (personal or collective), and how medical know |
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