Description
Book SynopsisPapers presented at the second conference of the European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care. Topics addressed include resource allocation, medical malpractice, changes in clinical practice, the effects of social change and the place of values in health care.
Table of ContentsChanging Values: Autonomy and Paternalism in Medicine andHealthcare.
Commodities, Needs and Healthcare: A Communal Perspective.
Changing Concepts of Medical Ethics.
The Place of Values in Healthcare: Recurring Themes in thePhilosophy of Medicine.
Building Networks: A Constructivist Perspective on Changes inMedicine and Healthcare.
Medical Decision Analysis and the Coming Moral Crisis inHealthcare.
Social Change and the Perception of Risks in MedicalPractice.
Healthcare Needs, Values and Change.
How Changed Values Influence Evaluative Concept.
Changing Clinical Practice: A Case Study in Breast Cancer.
Retrenchment and Values in a Health Organization.
Hungarian Healthcare: A Challenge to Medical Values?.
Medical Malpractice Phenomena: Signals for Changing Medical andHealthcare Values.
Resource Allocation in Healthcare: The Role of the Courts.
Changing Values and Changing Practice.
