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Lovat, Terry; Walker, Paul - Life and Death Decisions in the Clinical Setting - 9789811043000 - V9789811043000
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Life and Death Decisions in the Clinical Setting

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Description for Life and Death Decisions in the Clinical Setting Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Ethics. Num Pages: biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JNU; MF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
This book moves away from the frameworks that have traditionally guided ethical decision-making in the Western clinical setting, towards an inclusive, non-coercive and, reflective dialogic approach to moral decision-making. Inspired in part by Jürgen Habermas’s discourse theory of morality and principles of communicative action, the book offers a proportionist approach as a way of balancing out the wisdom in traditional frameworks, set in the actual reality of the clinical situation at hand. Putting this approach into practice requires having a conversation, a dialogue or a discourse, with collaboration amongst all the stakeholders. The aim of the dialogue is to reach ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Singapore Singapore
Condition
New
Series
SpringerBriefs in Ethics
Number of Pages
68
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789811043000
SKU
V9789811043000
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About Lovat, Terry; Walker, Paul
Paul Walker is Conjoint Associate Professor in Surgery and the Clinical Unit in Ethics and Health Law, Faculty of Health and Medicine, the University of Newcastle, Australia, and a practicing paediatric otolaryngologist. Paul’s research examines moral decision-making in medicine, including its implications for medical education. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and of the American ... Read more

Reviews for Life and Death Decisions in the Clinical Setting
“The authors offer a brief yet robust overview of moral philosophy and propose a novel process of dialogic consensus for the resolution of moral dilemmas in the clinical setting. … written for healthcare professionals who lack a background in philosophy. It is most relevant to those who work in acute care settings where a majority of moral disagreements arise, but ... Read more

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