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Clinical Ethics and the Necessity of Stories
. Ed(S): Wiggins, Osborne P.; Allen, Annette C.
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Hardback. This book honors the work of Richard Zaner, a distinguished philosopher and medical ethicist. It focuses on Zaner's work in the clinical setting, especially the use of narrative in understanding what is going on in this setting. Editor(s): Wiggins, Osborne P.; Allen, Annette C. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 493.
This collection of articles honors the work of Richard Zaner, a distinguished philosopher who has worked for over twenty years as an ethics consultant at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. His work in the clinical setting, especially the use of narrative in understanding what is going on in this setting is the focus of some of the papers, others relate his methodology and phenomenological approach to the more standard bioethical problemata and approaches. The essential questions: what then is the role of the philosopher turned medical ethicists? Is medical ethics a form of applied philosophy, or is it also a form ... Read more
This collection of articles honors the work of Richard Zaner, a distinguished philosopher who has worked for over twenty years as an ethics consultant at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. His work in the clinical setting, especially the use of narrative in understanding what is going on in this setting is the focus of some of the papers, others relate his methodology and phenomenological approach to the more standard bioethical problemata and approaches. The essential questions: what then is the role of the philosopher turned medical ethicists? Is medical ethics a form of applied philosophy, or is it also a form ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Philosophy and Medicine
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048191895
SKU
V9789048191895
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Reviews for Clinical Ethics and the Necessity of Stories
From the reviews: “This is a compilation of essays outlining the major facets, insights, and controversies of the work to date of clinical ethicist and phenomenologist Richard M. Zaner. … Those who are interested in narrative and its role in understanding, judgment, and healing in the clinical encounter will find this book interesting … . This approach is fresh ... Read more