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Vulnerability and care : Christian reflections on the philosophy of medicine /
"Medical and bioethical issues have spawned a great deal of debate in both public and academic contexts. Little has been done, however, to engage with the underlying issues of the nature of medicine and its role in human community. This book seeks to fill that gap by providing Christian philoso...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London :
Bloomsbury T & T Clark,
2016.
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| Series: | T & T Clark religion and the university series ;
volume 4. T & T Clark theology. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Cover page; Halftitle page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Entering the World of Medicine
- Contexts; Introduction: learning from a tragedy; The global context of medicine; The state of Western medicine; 3 Why Bioethics Needs a Philosophy (and Th eology) of Medicine; Introduction; Euthanasia; Janet Radcliffe Richards on organ transplantation; Digging deeper; Conclusion: why bioethics needs a philosophy (and theology) of medicine; 4 Perspectives on Philosophy of Medicine; Health, healing and philosophy of medicine
- Evidence- based medicine, clinical judgement and medical knowingPhenomenology and philosophy of medicine; Conclusion; 5 Perspectives on Theology of Medicine; Introduction: theology, medicine and a 'culture of death'?; Christian theological critiques of the culture of medicine; Edmund Pellegrino's Christian philosophy of medicine; 6 Finding the Target: Messer's Theology of Health; Philosophy of health; Theology of health; 7 A Philosophical-Theological Framework for Medicine; A philosophical framework: practising Christian scholarship; Epistemology and theories of medicine
- A theological framework: biblical theology and God's story8 Human Vulnerability and the Goods of Medicine; Medicine as social practice; Medicine as caring for this frail flesh: human vulnerability and the practice of medicine; Medicine as an inherently moral practice; 9 Re-engaging the World of Medicine: Applying Philosophy and Theology of Medicine; A summary of the argument so far; Bringing philosophy and theology of medicine to bear on the world of practice; Majority world medicine, scarcity and medicine as a moral practice; Concluding pedagogical refl ections; Bibliography; Index