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Book SynopsisRigorous and elegant, this book will be of interest to those in medical fields, to students and scholars of philosophy, and to lay readers interested in the profound ethical dramas played out in hospitals and doctors' offices every day.
Trade ReviewHis choice of subjects is refreshingly eclectic, including some of the usual subjects, but also ones less often covered in bioethics books... it is both philosophical and practical... worthy of consideration. Bulletin of Medical Ethics 2004 The writing is accessible, and this book is useful for those who seek a practical approach to some of the more difficult issues in bioethics today. Doody's Book Review Service His lucid analysis strikes at the core normative issues of modern medical practice and paves the way for genuinely useful discussions among philosophers, physicians, and others interested in the future of medicine... Not only innovative but insightful. Choice 2005 This book comes highly recommended to all health practitioners, and especially... where standard care can have major ethical implications. -- Tony O'Brien, RN, M.Phil. Metapsychology 2006
Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Foundations
Chapter 1. The Case of the Empty Head: Cultures, Values, and Bioethics
Chapter 2. Hippocrates' Children
Chapter 3. What is Medical Truth?
Part II: Clinical Practice
Chapter 4. Getting over Informed Consent
Chapter 5. Listening to the Silences
Chapter 6. Surgeons, Patients, and Unnecessary Holes in the Head
Chapter 7. When Good Doctors Do Bad Things
Chapter 8. Is AIDS the Postmodern Illness?
Chapter 9. Healthy Bodies, the Medical Panopticon, and Alternative Medicine
Part III: The Endings of Life
Chapter 10. The Endings of Life
Chapter 11. Ethics in Limbo
Chapter 12. Euthanasia, the Pause, and the Last Rights
Part IV: The Beginnings of Human Lives
Chapter 13. Ethics, Embryos, and Stem Cell Research
Chapter 14. Save the Life of My Child
Chapter 15. Joanna May Revisited: The Cloning Debate
Epilogue: Mildly Philosophical Remarks
Appendix A. On Metaethics
Appendix B. Narrative Metaphysics
Appendix C. The Idea of a Form
References
Index
