Fritz Allhoff is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Western Michigan University. He has had fellowships in the Institute for Ethics of the American Medical Association and in the Center for Law and the Biosciences at Stanford Law School. His books have been published by Oxford University Press, University of Chicago Press, and others.Sandra L. Borden is Professor in the School of Communication and Director of the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society at Western Michigan University. Her books include the award-winning Journalism as Practice: MacIntyre, Virtue Ethics and the Press (Ashgate 2007; Routledge 2009).

"This collection of essays offers an engaging treatment of the applied ethical concerns arising in connection with medical error, tackling questions of autonomy, consent, disclosure, and apology. Summing Up: Highly recommended." – Choice Reviews

• ForewordMichael S. Pritchard1. Introduction: Medicine, Mistakes, and Moral EvaluationSandra L. BordenPart I: Questions of Justice2. Medical Error and Moral LuckFritz Allhoff3. Toward a Restorative Just Culture Approach to Medical ErrorJeremy R. Garrett and Leslie Ann McNolty4. Rehabilitating BlameSamuel Reis-DennisPart II: Communication and Risk5. A Communication-Based Approach to Safeguarding against Medical Errors: The Case of Palliative CareLeah Omilion-Hodges6. Communicating about Technical Failures in Assisted Reproductive TechnologyRashmi Kudesia and Robert Rebar7. Respecting Patient Autonomy in Radiation Oncology and BeyondMegan Hyun and Alexander HyunPart III: Vulnerable Populations8. Medical Over-testing and Racial DistrustLuke Golemon9. The Epistemology of Medical Error in an Intersectional WorldDevora Shapiro10. The Harm of Ableism: Medical Error and Epistemic InjusticeJoel Michael Reynolds and David Pena-Guzman11. Error and Determinations of Decision-Making Competence in Mentally Ill PatientsKelsey GipePart IV: Learning from Error12. Medical Error as a Collaborative Learning ToolJordan Wadden13. Inference to the Best Explanation and Avoiding Diagnostic ErrorDavid Kyle Johnson14. Psychopathy Treatment and the Stigma of Yesterday's ResearchRasmus Larsen15. Reducing Medical Errors through Simulation: An Ethical Alternative for Training Medical PractitionersT.J. Broy, Maureen Hirthler, Robin Rockhold, and Ralph Didlake

Fritz Allhoff is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Western Michigan University. He has had fellowships in the Institute for Ethics of the American Medical Association and in the Center for Law and the Biosciences at Stanford Law School. His books have been published by Oxford University Press, University of Chicago Press, and others.Sandra L. Borden is Professor in the School of Communication and Director of the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society at Western Michigan University. Her books include the award-winning Journalism as Practice: MacIntyre, Virtue Ethics and the Press (Ashgate 2007; Routledge 2009).

"This collection of essays offers an engaging treatment of the applied ethical concerns arising in connection with medical error, tackling questions of autonomy, consent, disclosure, and apology. Summing Up: Highly recommended." – Choice Reviews

• ForewordMichael S. Pritchard1. Introduction: Medicine, Mistakes, and Moral EvaluationSandra L. BordenPart I: Questions of Justice2. Medical Error and Moral LuckFritz Allhoff3. Toward a Restorative Just Culture Approach to Medical ErrorJeremy R. Garrett and Leslie Ann McNolty4. Rehabilitating BlameSamuel Reis-DennisPart II: Communication and Risk5. A Communication-Based Approach to Safeguarding against Medical Errors: The Case of Palliative CareLeah Omilion-Hodges6. Communicating about Technical Failures in Assisted Reproductive TechnologyRashmi Kudesia and Robert Rebar7. Respecting Patient Autonomy in Radiation Oncology and BeyondMegan Hyun and Alexander HyunPart III: Vulnerable Populations8. Medical Over-testing and Racial DistrustLuke Golemon9. The Epistemology of Medical Error in an Intersectional WorldDevora Shapiro10. The Harm of Ableism: Medical Error and Epistemic InjusticeJoel Michael Reynolds and David Pena-Guzman11. Error and Determinations of Decision-Making Competence in Mentally Ill PatientsKelsey GipePart IV: Learning from Error12. Medical Error as a Collaborative Learning ToolJordan Wadden13. Inference to the Best Explanation and Avoiding Diagnostic ErrorDavid Kyle Johnson14. Psychopathy Treatment and the Stigma of Yesterday's ResearchRasmus Larsen15. Reducing Medical Errors through Simulation: An Ethical Alternative for Training Medical PractitionersT.J. Broy, Maureen Hirthler, Robin Rockhold, and Ralph Didlake

Fritz Allhoff is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Western Michigan University. He has had fellowships in the Institute for Ethics of the American Medical Association and in the Center for Law and the Biosciences at Stanford Law School. His books have been published by Oxford University Press, University of Chicago Press, and others.Sandra L. Borden is Professor in the School of Communication and Director of the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society at Western Michigan University. Her books include the award-winning Journalism as Practice: MacIntyre, Virtue Ethics and the Press (Ashgate 2007; Routledge 2009).

"This collection of essays offers an engaging treatment of the applied ethical concerns arising in connection with medical error, tackling questions of autonomy, consent, disclosure, and apology. Summing Up: Highly recommended." – Choice Reviews

• ForewordMichael S. Pritchard1. Introduction: Medicine, Mistakes, and Moral EvaluationSandra L. BordenPart I: Questions of Justice2. Medical Error and Moral LuckFritz Allhoff3. Toward a Restorative Just Culture Approach to Medical ErrorJeremy R. Garrett and Leslie Ann McNolty4. Rehabilitating BlameSamuel Reis-DennisPart II: Communication and Risk5. A Communication-Based Approach to Safeguarding against Medical Errors: The Case of Palliative CareLeah Omilion-Hodges6. Communicating about Technical Failures in Assisted Reproductive TechnologyRashmi Kudesia and Robert Rebar7. Respecting Patient Autonomy in Radiation Oncology and BeyondMegan Hyun and Alexander HyunPart III: Vulnerable Populations8. Medical Over-testing and Racial DistrustLuke Golemon9. The Epistemology of Medical Error in an Intersectional WorldDevora Shapiro10. The Harm of Ableism: Medical Error and Epistemic InjusticeJoel Michael Reynolds and David Pena-Guzman11. Error and Determinations of Decision-Making Competence in Mentally Ill PatientsKelsey GipePart IV: Learning from Error12. Medical Error as a Collaborative Learning ToolJordan Wadden13. Inference to the Best Explanation and Avoiding Diagnostic ErrorDavid Kyle Johnson14. Psychopathy Treatment and the Stigma of Yesterday's ResearchRasmus Larsen15. Reducing Medical Errors through Simulation: An Ethical Alternative for Training Medical PractitionersT.J. Broy, Maureen Hirthler, Robin Rockhold, and Ralph Didlake