Product Description

Medical ethics draws upon methods from a wide array of disciplines, including anthropology, economics, epidemiology, health services research, history, law, medicine, nursing, philosophy, psychology, sociology, and theology. In this book, which systematically examines, critiques, and challenges some of these disciplines and their methods in light of their influence on medical ethics, scholars present particular methods that have played significant roles in the field. The methods addressed include philosophy, religion and theology, professional codes, law, casuistry, history, qualitative research, ethnography, quantitavive surveys, experimental methods, and economics and decision science. Reviewing each, they provide descriptions of techniques, critiques, and notes on resources and training. Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia are used as an illustration of the richness of multidisciplinary work applied to individual issues. Similarly, genetic testing is used as an example of how multiple descriptive methods may privilege certain findings. "Methods in Medical Ethics" aims to provide a resource for scholars, teachers, editors, and students in any of the disciplines that have contributed to the field. As a textbook and reference for graduate students and scholars in medical ethics, it offers an understanding of the complexities of both moral questions and their answers.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #867903 in Books
• Published on: 2001-06-16
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 314 pages