Editors:
- Provides a collection of essays on ethical and philosophical issues that concern the development, dispensing, and use of pharmaceuticals
- Addresses philosophical issues at the consumer’s end, as well as other issues that travel beyond the standard boundary of applied ethics
- Includes essays on current topics such as conscientious objection and the relationship between the development of new drugs and the definitions of diseases and disabilities
Part of the book series: Philosophy and Medicine (PHME, volume 122)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Development
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Front Matter
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Dispensing
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Front Matter
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Usage
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Front Matter
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About this book
This anthology provides a collection of new essays on ethical and philosophical issues that concern the development, dispensing, and use of pharmaceuticals. It brings together critical ethical issues in pharmaceutics that have not been included in any collection (e.g., the ethics of patients as researchers). In addition, it includes philosophical issues that are not within the traditional domain of applied ethics. For example, a game-theoretic approach to combating the emergence of antibiotic-resistent pathogens by spreading altruism. A tripartite distinction provides an organized series of discussions that shows the interrelatedness of philosophical issues from the creation of pharmaceuticals, the creation of demand for them, through their delivery to their ultimate consumption.
Reviews
“The purpose is to assert philosophical arguments that address key issues in pharmaceutical research and development, dispensing and access, and on-label and off-label use. … the appropriate audience is broader and includes those in both academic and public arenas: philosophers, bioethicists, health policy makers, and others working in the medical humanities.” (Tyler Zahrli, Doody’s Book Reviews, June, 2017)
Editors and Affiliations
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School of Arts and Sciences, MCPHS University, Boston, USA
Dien Ho
About the editor
Dien Ho is an associate professor of philosophy and healthcare ethics at MCPHS University. His research and teaching primarily focus on bioethics, reproductive ethics, clinical ethics, philosophy of science, and logic. He received his PhD from The Graduate Center at the City University of New York, his MA from Tufts University, and his BA from Brandeis University. Prior to joining MCPHS University, he taught at University of Kentucky, Yale University, and Brooklyn College. He was also the founding member of the University of Kentucky’s Hospital Ethics Committee and he continues to provide ethics consultations for clinics and hospitals. His publications appear in both professional and popular outlets including Bioethics, American Medical Association Journal of Ethics, American Journal of Bioethics, Analysis, Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, Philosophy NOW, The Boston Globe, and Newsweek.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Philosophical Issues in Pharmaceutics
Book Subtitle: Development, Dispensing, and Use
Editors: Dien Ho
Series Title: Philosophy and Medicine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-0979-6
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0977-2Published: 03 March 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-1455-4Published: 07 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-94-024-0979-6Published: 27 February 2017
Series ISSN: 0376-7418
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0080
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 271
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Philosophy of Medicine, Pharmacology/Toxicology, Theory of Medicine/Bioethics