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The Illusion of Trust. Toward a Medical Theological Ethics in the Postmodern Age.
Edwin R. Dubose
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Paperback. Series: Theology and Medicine. Num Pages: 141 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 241.
This book is about trust and its implications for a medical theological ethics. Beginning with its earliest work, there has been attention to trust running through the bioethics literature in the United States, and much of this discussion has examined its theological elements. Clearly, trust is indispensable when describing the patient-physician relationship, so why is there a need for yet another study? There is no doubt that people generally trust physicians. Traditionally the physician is the patient's fiduciary agent, whose sole obligation is to act only in the patient's best interest. In recent times, however, there is a perception on ... Read more
This book is about trust and its implications for a medical theological ethics. Beginning with its earliest work, there has been attention to trust running through the bioethics literature in the United States, and much of this discussion has examined its theological elements. Clearly, trust is indispensable when describing the patient-physician relationship, so why is there a need for yet another study? There is no doubt that people generally trust physicians. Traditionally the physician is the patient's fiduciary agent, whose sole obligation is to act only in the patient's best interest. In recent times, however, there is a perception on ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
141
Condition
New
Series
Theology and Medicine
Number of Pages
141
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401042154
SKU
V9789401042154
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