Beneficence and Health Care
Earl E. . Ed(S): Shelp
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Paperback. Editor(s): Shelp, Earl E. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 450.
The meaning and application of the principle of beneficence to issues in health care is rarely clear or certain. Although the principle is frequently employed to justify a variety of actions and inactions, very little has been done from a conceptual point of view to test its relevance to these behaviors or to explore its relationship to other moral principles that also might be called upon to guide or justify conduct. Perhaps more than any other, the principle of benef icence seems particularly appropriate to contexts of health care in which two or more parties interact from positions of relative ... Read more
The meaning and application of the principle of beneficence to issues in health care is rarely clear or certain. Although the principle is frequently employed to justify a variety of actions and inactions, very little has been done from a conceptual point of view to test its relevance to these behaviors or to explore its relationship to other moral principles that also might be called upon to guide or justify conduct. Perhaps more than any other, the principle of benef icence seems particularly appropriate to contexts of health care in which two or more parties interact from positions of relative ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
Series
Philosophy and Medicine
Number of Pages
266
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789400977716
SKU
V9789400977716
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Ref
99-15
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