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Bioethics as Practice

Bioethics as Practice

Bioethics as Practice Paperback / softback - 2004

by Judith Andre

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Writing as a participant in the bioethics field, Andre offers a model to unify its diversity. Using the term "bioethics" broadly, to include all the medical humanities, she articulates ideals for the field, identifies its temptations and moral pitfalls, and argues for the central importance of certain virtues.

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Paperback / softback. New. Those who work in bioethics and the medical humanities come from many different backgrounds: health care, philosophy, law, social sciences, religious studies, and more. The work they do also varies widely. Writing as a participant in this developing field, Judith Andre offers a model to unify its diversity.
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  • Title Bioethics as Practice
  • Author Judith Andre
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Revised
  • Condition New
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of North Carolina Press
  • Publication date 2004-08-30
  • Features Bibliography
  • Bookseller's Inventory # B9780807855836
  • ISBN 9780807855836 / 0807855839
  • Weight 0.66 lbs (0.30 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.02 x 5.28 x 0.67 in (20.37 x 13.41 x 1.70 cm)
  • Themes
    • Topical: Health & Fitness
  • Category Medical / Nursing
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2002001544 [
  • Dewey Decimal Code 174.2
  • Quantity available 10

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From the publisher

Those who work in bioethics and the medical humanities come from many different backgrounds, such as health care, philosophy, law, the social sciences, and religious studies. The work they do also varies widely: consulting on ethical issues in patient care, working with legislatures, dealing with the media, teaching, speaking, writing and more.

Writing as a participant in this developing field, Judith Andre offers a model to unify its diversity. Using the term "bioethics" broadly, to include all the medical humanities, she articulates ideals for the field, identifies its temptations and moral pitfalls, and argues for the central importance of certain virtues. Perhaps the most original of these is the virtue of choosing projects well, which demands not only broadening the field's focus but also understanding the forces that have kept it too narrow. Andre offers an imaginative analysis of the special problems presented by interdisciplinary work and discusses the intellectual virtues necessary for its success. She calls attention to the kinds of professional communities that are necessary to support good work.

The book draws from interviews with many people in the field and from the findings of social scientists. It includes the author's personal reflections, several extended allegories, and philosophical analysis.

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I am a faculty member in a unit called the Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences (CEHLS).

From the jacket flap

Andre examines the field of bioethics from an insider's point of view, exploring the questions that have dominated the field and encouraging students and practitioners to move beyond end-of-life issues to address issues in the routine practice of medicine.

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