Methods in medical ethics
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Methods in medical ethics
Georgetown University Press, c2001
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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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 first book to systematically examine, critique, and challenge some of these disciplines and their methods in light of their influence on medical ethics, leading 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, quantitative 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" is a valuable 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 a rich understanding of the complexities of both moral questions and their answers.
Table of Contents
Preface Acknowledgments Contributors Part I: Overview1. The Many Methods of Medical Ethics (Or, Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird) Daniel P. Sulmasy and Jeremy Sugarman2. A Decade of Empirical Research in Medical Ethics Jeremy Sugarman, Ruth Faden, and Judith WeinsteinPart II: Methods3. Philosophy David DeGrazia and Tom L. Beauchamp4. Religion and Theology Lisa Sowle Cahill5. Professional Codes Edmund D. Pellegrino6. Legal Methods James G. Hodge Jr. and Lawrence O. Gostin7. Casuistry Albert R. Jonsen8. History Darrel W. Amundsen9. Qualitative Methods Sara Chandros Hull, Holly A. Taylor, and Nancy E. Kass10. Ethnographic Methods Patricia Loomis Marshall and Barbara A Koenig11. Quantitative Surveys Robert A. Pearlman and Helene E. Starks12. Experimental Methods Marion Danis, Laura Hanson, and Joanne M. Garrett13. Economics and Decision ScienceDavid A. Asch Part III: Relationships and Applications14. Research in Medical Ethics: Physician -- Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Daniel P. Sulmasy15. Research in Medical Ethics: Genetic Diagnosis Gail E. Henderson16. Reading the Medical Ethics Literature: A Discourse on Method Daniel P. SulmasyIndex
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