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Personhood and Health Care

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  1. David C. Thomasma

    1. Loyola University Chicago Medical Center, Maywood, USA

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  2. David N. Weisstub

    1. University of Montreal School of Medicine, Montreal, Canada

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  3. Christian Hervé

    1. Université Paris René Descartes, Paris, France

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Part of the book series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine (LIME, volume 7)

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Table of contents (31 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-8
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  2. Homage to Yves Pélicier

    1. Homage to Yves Pélicier

      • Christian Hervé
      Pages 9-10

  3. Concepts of the Person

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. The Development of the Concept of Personhood

      • Jean Delumeau
      Pages 13-18

    3. Persons

      • Lenn E. Goodman
      Pages 19-41

    4. The Human Person as the Image of God

      • David Novak
      Pages 43-54

    5. The Person

      • Jean Bernard
      Pages 55-58

    6. The Failure of Theories of Personhood

      • Tom L. Beauchamp
      Pages 59-69

    7. Personhood

      • Edmund L. Erde
      Pages 71-89

    8. Genetic Knowledge and Our Conception of Ourselves as Persons

      • Tuija Takala
      Pages 91-97

    9. The Concept of the Person and the Value of Life

      • John Harris
      Pages 99-111

  4. Theories of Personhood in Medicine and Bioethics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113
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    2. The Just and Medical Ethics

      • Paul Ricoeur
      Pages 115-119

    3. The Concept of Person in Bioethics

      • Hubert Doucet
      Pages 121-128

    4. Towards a Social Concept of the Person

      • Ruud H. J. ter Meulen
      Pages 129-135

    5. A Key Term in Ethics

      • Simonne Plourde
      Pages 137-148

    6. The Confucian Relation Concept of the Person and Its Modern Predicament

      • Jiwei Ci
      Pages 149-164

    7. The Traditional African Perception of a Person

      • Godfrey B. Tangwa
      Pages 165-172

    8. The Anthropological Concept of Modern Medicine in the Perspective of Theological Ethics

      • Ulrike Kostka
      Pages 173-187

  5. Person and Identity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189
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About this book

PERSONHOOD AND HEALTH CARE This book arose as a result of a pre-conference devoted to the topic held June 28, 1999 in Paris, France. The pre-conference preceded the Annual Congress of the International Academy ofLaw and Mental Health. Other chapters were solicited after the conference in order to more completely explore the relation of personhood to health care. The pre­ conference was held in honor of Yves Pelicier who led so many of our French colleagues in medicine, philosophy, and ethics as Christian Herve notes in his Tribute. As health care is aimed at healing persons, it is important to realize how difficult it is to construct a theory of personhood for health care, and thus, a theory of how healing in health care comes about or ought to occur. The book is divided into four parts, Concepts of the Person, Theories of Personhood in Relation to Health Care and Bioethics, Person and Identity, and Personhood and Hs Relations. Each section explores a critical arena in constructing the relation of personhood to health care. Although no exploration ofthis nature can be exhaustive, every effort was made to present both conflicting and complementary views of personhood from within similar and different philosophical and religious traditions. PART ONE: CONCEPTS OF THE PERSON Tracing the origins of the concept of person from antiquity through present day, Jean Delemeau provides an historical sketch of the development of a wide range of meanings.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Loyola University Chicago Medical Center, Maywood, USA

    David C. Thomasma

  • University of Montreal School of Medicine, Montreal, Canada

    David N. Weisstub

  • Université Paris René Descartes, Paris, France

    Christian Hervé

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