A Philosophical Examination of the History and Values of Western MedicineE. Mellen Press, 1992 - 184 sider The study's central thesis is that medicine reflects better than any other discipline the ethical crises of our age and that these are the natural result of the schism between facts and values brought about at the time of the scientific revolution. It offers a brief introduction to the philosophical history of medicine, argues that current ethical theory rests upon a fallacy of abstraction, calls for a more realistic appraisal of ethical responsibility, and challenges the notion that ethics is necessarily more subjective than science. The work goes on to examine the role of ethics in medical education, managing ethical issues in health-care delivery systems, medical economics, abortion, and sexually transmissible diseases, giving special attention to the realities of ethical responsibility in each case. |
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