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For the Patient's Good
The Restoration of Beneficence in Health Care
Av Edmund D. Pellegrino, David C. Thomasma
Inbunden, 1988
1602 kr
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Beneficence - doing the right and good thing - is the fundamental principle of medical ethics. It points all medical decisions and actions toward advancing the patient's best interests. Yet in our normally pluralistic society where rights are asserted more frequently than obligations, this ancient …
The Virtues in Medical Practice
Av Edmund D. Pellegrino, David C. Thomasma
Inbunden, 1994
1324 kr
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This book constructs a virtue-based ethics for medicine and health care. Beginning with the problem of relating virtues to principles, the authors develop a theory that this linkage lies in the goals of medicine and the nature of medical practice as a moral community. Specific virtues such as …
Asking to Die: Inside the Dutch Debate about Euthanasia
Av C. Ciesielski-Carlucci, G.L Kimsma m. fl.
E-bok, 2008
1416 kr
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claim was that he had faced a conflict of duties pitting his legal duty not to kill against his duty as a physician to relieve his patient’s unbearable suffering. He was acquitted on the important grounds of conflict of duty. These grounds are based on a concept in Dutch law called "force majeure" …
Birth to Death
Science and Bioethics
Av Thomasma, David C. Thomasma m. fl.
Häftad, 1996
1000 kr
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Biology has been advancing with explosive pace over the last few years and in so doing has raised a host of ethical issues. This book, aimed at the general reader, reviews the major advances of recent years in biology and medicine and explores their ethical implications. From birth to death the …
Ward Ethics
Dilemmas for Medical Students and Doctors in Training
Av Thomasine K. Kushner, David C. Thomasma
Häftad, 2001
1123 kr
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The existing literature in medical ethics does not serve the practical needs of medical students and trainees very well, as the dilemmas posed are generally beyond their direct control, and being a student or junior doctor brings its own set of ethical concerns. The editors have addressed this need …
Influence of Edmund D. Pellegrino’s Philosophy of Medicine
Av David C. Thomasma, David C. Thomasma
Inbunden, 1997
1098 kr
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This volume is dedicated to the philosophy of medicine advanced by Edmund D. Pellegrino, a renowned physician educator and philosopher. Pellegrino's thinking about the philosophy of medicine centers on the importance of illness in the life of the patient, and the professional relationship …
Asking to Die: Inside the Dutch Debate about Euthanasia
Av David C. Thomasma, Thomasine Kimbrough Kushner m. fl.
Häftad, 1998
1098 kr
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claim was that he had faced a conflict of duties pitting his legal duty not to kill against his duty as a physician to relieve his patient’s unbearable suffering. He was acquitted on the important grounds of conflict of duty. These grounds are based on a concept in Dutch law called "force majeure" …
Autonomy and Clinical Medicine
Renewing the Health Professional Relation with the Patient
Av J. Bergsma, David C. Thomasma
Inbunden, 2000
1098 kr
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This book arises from a two-fold conviction. The first is that autonomy, despite recent critiques about its importance in bioethics and philosophy of medicine, and the traditional resistance of medicine to its "intrusion" into the doctor-patient relation, is a fundamental building block of an …
Christian Virtues in Medical Practice
Av Edmund D. Pellegrino, David C. Thomasma
Inbunden, 1996
496 kr
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Christian health care professionals in our secular and pluralistic society often face uncertainty about the place religious faith holds in today's medical practice. Through an examination of a virtue-based ethics, this book proposes a theological view of medical ethics that helps the Christian …
Helping and Healing
Religious Commitment in Health Care
Av Edmund D. Pellegrino, David C. Thomasma
Häftad, 1997
797 kr
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Exploring the moral foundations of the healing relationship, Edmund D. Pellegrino and David C. Thomasma offer the health care professional a highly readable Christian philosophy of medicine. This book examines the influence religious beliefs have on the kind of person the health professional should …
Health Care Professional as Friend and Healer
Building on the Work of Edmund D. Pellegrino
Av David C. Thomasma, Judith Lee Kissell
Häftad, 2000
648 kr
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This book illuminates issues in medical ethics revolving around the complex bond between healer and patient, focusing on friendship and other important values in the healing relationship. Embracing medicine, philosophy, theology, and bioethics, it considers whether bioethical issues in medicine, …
Personhood and Health Care
Av David C. Thomasma, David N. Weisstub m. fl.
Inbunden, 2001
1976 kr
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PERSONHOOD AND HEALTH CARE This book arose as a result of a pre-conference devoted to the topic held June 28, 1999 in Paris, France. The pre-conference preceded the Annual Congress of the International Academy ofLaw and Mental Health. Other chapters were solicited after the conference in order to …
Aging: Culture, Health, and Social Change
Av David N. Weisstub, David C. Thomasma m. fl.
Inbunden, 2001
1697 kr
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Demographic studies foreshadow a dramatic increase in the proportion of "older" members of our global population. The task of allocating public and private resources to accommodate present and future generations is a daunting challenge for all nations. Not surprisingly, planning for the health of …
Aging: Caring for Our Elders
Av David C. Thomasma, Serge Gauthier m. fl.
Inbunden, 2001
1697 kr
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Positive conceptions of "healthy aging" are rightly displacing negative ageist perceptions of older members of our society. Nevertheless, at some stage, most elderly citizens will require some form of assistance from other members of society. When, through the natural course of aging or due to …
Aging: Decisions at the End of Life
Av David N. Weisstub, David C. Thomasma m. fl.
Inbunden, 2001
1697 kr
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Decisions at the End of Life is the last volume in a trilogy on Aging conceived for the International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Leading scholars from a range of disciplines examine some of the most emotive topics in the study of aging: assessing quality of life, improving …
Aging: Culture, Health, and Social Change
Av David N. Weisstub, David C. Thomasma m. fl.
2001
2829 kr
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Culture, Health, and Social Change is the first of three volumes on Aging conceived for the International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Leading scholars from a range of disciplines contest some of the predominant paradigms on aging, and critically assess modern trends in social …
Variables of Moral Capacity
Av David C. Thomasma, David N. Weisstub
Inbunden, 2004
1647 kr
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Moral capacity is an important feature of what it means to be human. In this volume, the contributors have taken on the daunting task of trying to distinguish between legal and moral capacity. This distinction is difficult at times for clinicians, philosophers and legal scholars alike. Part of the …
Variables of Moral Capacity
Av David N. Weisstub, David C. Thomasma
E-bok, 2012
2111 kr
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Moral capacity is an important feature of what it means to be human. In this volume, the contributors have taken on the daunting task of trying to distinguish between legal and moral capacity. This distinction is difficult at times for clinicians, philosophers and legal scholars alike. Part of the …
Health Care Professional as Friend and Healer
Building on the Work of Edmund D. Pellegrino
Av Judith Lee Kissell, David C. Thomasma
E-bok, 2000
783 kr
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This book illuminates issues in medical ethics revolving around the complex bond between healer and patient, focusing on friendship and other important values in the healing relationship. Embracing medicine, philosophy, theology, and bioethics, it considers whether bioethical issues in medicine, …
Influence of Edmund D. Pellegrino’s Philosophy of Medicine
Häftad, 2010
1098 kr
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This volume is dedicated to the philosophy of medicine advanced by Edmund D. Pellegrino, a renowned physician educator and philosopher. Pellegrino's thinking about the philosophy of medicine centers on the importance of illness in the life of the patient, and the professional relationship …
Autonomy and Clinical Medicine
Renewing the Health Professional Relation with the Patient
Av J. Bergsma, David C. Thomasma
Häftad, 2010
1098 kr
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This book arises from a two-fold conviction. The first is that autonomy, despite recent critiques about its importance in bioethics and philosophy of medicine, and the traditional resistance of medicine to its "intrusion" into the doctor-patient relation, is a fundamental building block of an …
Personhood and Health Care
Av David C. Thomasma, David N. Weisstub m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
1970 kr
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PERSONHOOD AND HEALTH CARE This book arose as a result of a pre-conference devoted to the topic held June 28, 1999 in Paris, France. The pre-conference preceded the Annual Congress of the International Academy ofLaw and Mental Health. Other chapters were solicited after the conference in order to …
Aging: Culture, Health, and Social Change
Av David N. Weisstub, David C. Thomasma m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
1512 kr
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Culture, Health, and Social Change is the first of three volumes on Aging conceived for the International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Leading scholars from a range of disciplines contest some of the predominant paradigms on aging, and critically assess modern trends in social …
Aging: Caring for Our Elders
Av David N. Weisstub, David C. Thomasma m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
1512 kr
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Caring for Our Elders is the second of three volumes on Aging conceived for the International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Leading scholars from a range of disciplines address some of the major issues in elder care facing modern nations: familial duties of care, the future of …
Aging: Decisions at the End of Life
Av David N. Weisstub, David C. Thomasma m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
1512 kr
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Decisions at the End of Life is the last volume in a trilogy on Aging conceived for the International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Leading scholars from a range of disciplines examine some of the most emotive topics in the study of aging: assessing quality of life, improving …
Variables of Moral Capacity
Av David C. Thomasma, David N. Weisstub
Häftad, 2010
1643 kr
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Moral capacity is an important feature of what it means to be human. In this volume, the contributors have taken on the daunting task of trying to distinguish between legal and moral capacity. This distinction is difficult at times for clinicians, philosophers and legal scholars alike. Part of the …
Aging: Decisions at the End of Life
Av G.F. Tomossy, S. Gauthier m. fl.
E-bok, 2013
1942 kr
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Decisions at the End of Life is the last volume in a trilogy on Aging conceived for the International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine . Leading scholars from a range of disciplines examine some of the most emotive topics in the study of aging: assessing quality of life, improving …
Aging: Caring for Our Elders
Av G.F. Tomossy, S. Gauthier m. fl.
E-bok, 2013
1942 kr
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Caring for Our Elders is the second of three volumes on Aging conceived for the International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine . Leading scholars from a range of disciplines address some of the major issues in elder care facing modern nations: familial duties of care, the future of …
Aging: Culture, Health, and Social Change
Av G.F. Tomossy, S. Gauthier m. fl.
E-bok, 2013
1942 kr
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Culture, Health, and Social Change is the first of three volumes on Aging conceived for the International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine . Leading scholars from a range of disciplines contest some of the predominant paradigms on aging, and critically assess modern trends in social …
Autonomy and Clinical Medicine
Renewing the Health Professional Relation with the Patient
Av David C. Thomasma, J. Bergsma
E-bok, 2013
1427 kr
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This book arises from a two-fold conviction. The first is that autonomy, despite recent critiques about its importance in bioethics and philosophy of medicine, and the traditional resistance of medicine to its "intrusion" into the doctor-patient relation, is a fundamental building block of an …
