Health and society in Britain since 1939
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studies on the doctor-patient encounter, Robert Veatch defends the role that philosophy and theology have had in bioethical discourse and decision-making since the 1960s. Intermediate positions are developed by Alexander Capron ("socially situated, interdisciplinary medical ethics that seeks to protect professional judgement") and by Stephen Latham and Linda Emanuel, who emphasize that the very term "pro-fession" means literally "speakingforth" or an avowal, which implies the doctor's commitment to the community and the prevailing social ethic. In a similar vein Charles Rosenberg urges that ethics in medicine must focus on the tension between "the structural and the individual", and Paul Root Wolpe, from a discussion of alternative medicine, points to the cultural contexts of medical practice. In chapters on the future of biomedical ethics Albert Jonsen and Arthur Caplan agree that widespread genetic testing and new genetic therapies will pose major challenges to the concept of patient autonomy. Yet, from a global perspective, as Florencia Luna and George Annas remind us, much work still remains to be done to establish respect for patient autonomy in the first place as a safeguard against doctors' involvement in human rights abuses. Doctors' obligation to the individual patient as expressed in the AMA Code will thus remain highly relevant. On the whole this volume gives a good example of how a discussion of the history of medical ethics can provide the grounding for a well-informed debate on present and future problems in professional ethics and health care.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Medical History
دوره 46 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002