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The Nature and Prospect of Bioethics

Interdisciplinary Perspectives

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  • © 2003

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Editors:
  1. Franklin G. Miller

    1. National Institutes for Health, Bethesda, USA

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  2. John C. Fletcher

    1. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA

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  3. James M. Humber

    1. Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. The Owl and the Caduceus

    • John D. Arras
    Pages 1-42

  3. Religion, Theology, and Bioethics

    • James F. Childress
    Pages 43-67

  4. Medicine and Bioethics

    • Howard Brody
    Pages 69-85

  5. When Policy Analysis Is Carried Out in Public

    • Eric M. Meslin
    Pages 87-111

  6. Finding the Good Behind the Right

    • Patricia Benner
    Pages 113-140

  7. Medical Ethics

    • Kathryn Montgomery
    Pages 141-178

  8. History and Bioethics

    • M. L. Tina Stevens
    Pages 179-196

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 197-206
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About this book

Prominent bioethicists whose work is rooted in philosophy, religion, medicine, nursing, literature, history, and policy analysis join together to discuss their methods and professional insights, as well as to better define the field and its future development. Writing from the perspective of their own specialties, the authors: review just how their personal disciplines have contributed to bioethics, debate the current and future bioethical issues they face, and identify the most significant strengths and weaknesses in the current practice of bioethics. Seeking a sound foundation for the discipline, they also consider what basic knowledge and skills are necessary to be competent in bioethics, what methods and theoretical approaches are most promising for its future development, and what issues or perspectives have been neglected.

Editors and Affiliations

  • National Institutes for Health, Bethesda, USA

    Franklin G. Miller

  • University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA

    John C. Fletcher

  • Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA

    James M. Humber

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Nature and Prospect of Bioethics

  • Book Subtitle: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

  • Editors: Franklin G. Miller, John C. Fletcher, James M. Humber

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-370-5

  • Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-89603-709-0Published: 10 March 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-61737-144-8Published: 05 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-59259-370-5Published: 10 March 2003

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 206

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Life Sciences, general, Theory of Medicine/Bioethics

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