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Clinical Ethics

Theory and Practice

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  • © 1989

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Editors:
  1. Barry Hoffmaster

    1. University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

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  2. Benjamin Freedman

    1. McGill University, Montreal, Canada

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  3. Gwen Fraser

    1. University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Gwen Fraser
    Pages 1-5

  3. Clinical Ethics, Applied Ethics, and Theory

    • Robert M. Veatch
    Pages 7-25

  4. The Skeptical Critique of Clinical Ethics

    • Robert Baker
    Pages 27-57

  5. Moral Experts and Moral Expertise

    • Arthur L. Caplan
    Pages 59-87

  6. Persons with Moral Expertise and Moral Experts

    • Françoise Baylis
    Pages 89-99

  7. Ethical Theory and Applied Ethics

    • Ruth Macklin
    Pages 101-124

  8. Bringing Codes to Newcastle

    • Benjamin Freedman
    Pages 125-139

  9. Moral Problems, Moral Inquiry, and Consultation in Clinical Ethics

    • Terrence F. Ackerman
    Pages 141-160

  10. Ethical Theory and Applied Ethics

    • K. Danner Clouser
    Pages 161-181

  11. Applied Ethics

    • Howard Brody
    Pages 183-200

  12. Philosophical Ethics and Practical Ethics

    • Barry Hoffmaster
    Pages 201-230

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 231-237
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About this book

There is the world of ideas and the world of practice; the French are often for sup­ pressing the one and the English the other; but neither is to be suppressed. -Matthew Arnold The Function of Criticism at the Present Time From its inception, bioethics has confronted the need to reconcile theory and practice. At first the confrontation was purely intellectual, as writers on ethical theory (within phi­ losophy, theology, or other humanistic disciplines) turned their attention to topics from the world of medical practice. Recently the confrontation has grown more intense. The ap­ pointment of clinical ethicists in hospitals and other health­ care settings is an accelerating trend in North America. Concomitantly, those institutions involved in training peo­ ple in clinical ethics have added organized exposure to the world of practice , in the form of placement requirements, to the normal academic course load. In common with other dis­ ciplines, bioethics has begun to see clinical training as a con­ dition of didactic theory and apprenticeship.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

    Barry Hoffmaster, Gwen Fraser

  • McGill University, Montreal, Canada

    Benjamin Freedman

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Clinical Ethics

  • Book Subtitle: Theory and Practice

  • Editors: Barry Hoffmaster, Benjamin Freedman, Gwen Fraser

  • Series Title: Contemporary Issues in Biomedicine, Ethics, and Society

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3708-2

  • Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: The Humana Press Inc. 1989

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-89603-138-8Published: 19 April 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-8221-1Published: 10 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-3708-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 237

  • Topics: Theory of Medicine/Bioethics

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