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portada Moral Theory and Medical Practice
Type
Physical Book
Year
1990
Language
English
Pages
336
Format
Paperback
ISBN
0521388694
ISBN13
9780521388696
Edition No.
1

Moral Theory and Medical Practice

Fulford; Warnock (Author) · Cambridge University Press · Paperback

Moral Theory and Medical Practice - Fulford; Warnock

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Synopsis "Moral Theory and Medical Practice"

Moral Theory and Medical Practice aims to bring the practical needs of medicine closer to the theoretical interests of philosophy. While most work in the field of medical ethics has been concerned with the examination and solution of practical dilemmas, this book explores the potential benefits of philosophical analysis. By drawing directly on moral theory, philosophical analysis can help to resolve difficulties in the practice of medicine and psychiatry that arise from the obscurity of our concepts of illness and disease. The author provides a specifically philosophical contribution to an improved clinical practice, in particular in showing a new way of understanding the clinically problematic concepts of psychosis and delusion. He examines both mental and physical illness as evaluative concepts, and argues convincingly that our notion of mental illness is indeed value laden (as in anti-psychiatric theories), and reconciles these two traditional extreme views within a general theory encompassing both. This book will appeal to students and scholars of philosophy, especially those concerned with medical ethics, medicine, law, politics, sociology, social work and nursing.

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