Methods in medical ethics : critical perspectives
Tomlinson, ThomasAuthor
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2012.
This book systematically reviews a variety of methods for addressing ethical problems in medicine, accounting for both their weaknesses and strengths. Illustrated throughout with specific cases or controversies, the book aims to develop an informed eclecticism that knows how to pick the right tool for the right job.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
This book systematically reviews a variety of methods for addressing ethical problems in medicine, accounting for both their weaknesses and strengths. Illustrated throughout with specific cases or controversies, the book aims to develop an informed eclecticism that knows how to pick the right tool for the right job.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Aug. 13, 2012).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The indispensability of principles -- The limits of principles -- Putting principles in context : balancing, specification, and reflective equilibrium -- Casuistry : ruled by cases -- Narrative ethics : the uses of stories -- Feminism, context and care -- Virtue theory -- Fitting methods to cases.
Ethics, Clinical
Ethics, Professional
Ethics
Humanities
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
Health Care
Ethics, Medical