Clinical Ethics; A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine, 6th ed.0071441999 Clinical ethics ethics, in philosophy, the study and evaluation of human conduct in the light of moral principles. Moral principles may be viewed either as the standard of conduct that individuals have constructed for themselves or as the body of obligations and duties that a ; a practical approach to ethical decisions Real life ethical decisions are studied in sociology and political science and psychology using very different methods than descriptive ethics in ethics (philosophy). Not ethics proper in clinical medicine, 6th ed. Jonsen, Albert R. et al. McGraw-Hill 2006 227 pages $29.95 Paperback R724 For clinicians and students, but also others involved in the health care industry, Jonson (emeritus e·mer·i·tus adj. Retired but retaining an honorary title corresponding to that held immediately before retirement: a professor emeritus. n. pl. ethics in medicine, U. of Washington-Seattle), Mark Siegler (medicine and surgery, U. of Chicago), and William J. Winslade William J. Winslade (born 18 November 1941), Ph.D., J.D., is the James Wade Rockwell Professor of Philosophy of Medicine at the Institute for Medical Humanities, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. (philosophy in medicine, U. Texas-Galveston) facilitate thinking through the complexities of ethical issues in clinical care, and assemble representative opinions about typical ethical questions that rise in medical practice. No dates are noted for previous editions. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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