Practicing medicine and ethics : integrating wisdom, conscience, and goals of care /

"To practice medicine and ethics, physicians need wisdom and integrity to integrate scientific knowledge, patient preferences, their own moral commitments, and society's expectations. This work of integration requires a physician to pursue certain goals of care, determine moral priorities,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kaldjian, Lauris Christopher, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Temas:
Medical ethics.
Integrity.
Humility.
Medical personnel and patient.
Ethics, Medical
Morals
Physician's Role
Professional-Patient Relations
Éthique médicale.
Intégrité.
Humilité.
Relations personnel médical-patient.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Business Ethics.
Medical personnel and patient
Humility
Integrity
Medical ethics
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Medicine as a goal-directed, moral practice
  • 2. Virtue ethics
  • 3. Practical wisdom in medicine
  • 4. Conscience and its relation to practical wisdom
  • 5. The authority, fallibility, and normative reach of conscience
  • 6. Conscience as integrity
  • 7. The challenge and inescapability of religious pluralism
  • 8. Implications of moral pluralism for public dialogue and professional practice
  • 9. Conscientious objection and conscientious practice
  • 10. An integrity-centered framework for practical wisdom in medicine.

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