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Bioethics and the humanities : attitudes and perceptions / R.S. Downie and Jane Macnaughton.

Title: Bioethics and the humanities : attitudes and perceptions / R.S. Downie and Jane Macnaughton.
Author: Downie, R. S. (Robert Silcock)
Publication: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge-Cavendish, 2007.

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Macnaughton, Jane.

Description

xii, 188 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

Critiquing many areas of medical practice and research whilst making constructive suggestions about medical education, this text extends the scope of medical ethics beyond sole concern with regulation. It discusses the real ethical achievements, problems and half-truths of contemporary medicine.

Subject

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

Bioethics and the medical humanities -- Moral philosophy and bioethics -- Logic and epistemology -- Political philosophy and bioethics -- Medical half-truths -- Literature and the ethical perspective -- Arts in health -- Teaching and research -- A humanistic broadening of bioethics.

ISBN

9781844720538 (hardback)
1844720535 (hardback)
9781844720521 (pbk.)
1844720527 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2006028053

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Harvard Library