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Hope Tony (Emeritus Professor Of Medical Ethics University Of Oxford)
Medical Ethics: A Very Short Introduction
Medical Ethics: A Very Short Introduction
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Description: The issue of medical ethics from thorny moral questions such as euthanasia and the morality of killing to political questions such as the fair distribution of health care resources is rarely out of today's media. This area of ethics covers a wide range of issues from mental health to reproductive medicine as well as including management issues such as resource allocation and has proven to hold enduring interest for the general public as well as the medical practitioner. This Very Short Introduction provides an invaluable tool with which to think about the ethical values that lie at the heart of medicine. This new edition explores the ethical reasoning we can use to approach medical ethics introducing the most important 'tools of ethical reasoning and discussing how argument thought experiments and intuition can be combined in the consideration of medical ethics. Considering its practical application Tony Hope and Michael Dunn explore how medical ethics supports health professionals through the growing use of ethics expertise in clinical settings. They also contemplate the increasingly important place of medical ethics in the wider social context particularly in this age of globalization not only in healthcare practice but also policy discussions in the media pressure group and activism settings and in legal judgments. About THE Series: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket - sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Title: Medical Ethics: A Very Short Introduction
Author(s): Hope Tony (Emeritus Professor Of Medical Ethics University Of Oxford)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198815600
Pages: 176 Pages, 18 Black And White Images
Publication Date: 2/1/2019
Series: Very Short Introductions
Category: Medical Ethics & Professional Conduct
Description: The issue of medical ethics from thorny moral questions such as euthanasia and the morality of killing to political questions such as the fair distribution of health care resources is rarely out of today's media. This area of ethics covers a wide range of issues from mental health to reproductive medicine as well as including management issues such as resource allocation and has proven to hold enduring interest for the general public as well as the medical practitioner. This Very Short Introduction provides an invaluable tool with which to think about the ethical values that lie at the heart of medicine. This new edition explores the ethical reasoning we can use to approach medical ethics introducing the most important 'tools of ethical reasoning and discussing how argument thought experiments and intuition can be combined in the consideration of medical ethics. Considering its practical application Tony Hope and Michael Dunn explore how medical ethics supports health professionals through the growing use of ethics expertise in clinical settings. They also contemplate the increasingly important place of medical ethics in the wider social context particularly in this age of globalization not only in healthcare practice but also policy discussions in the media pressure group and activism settings and in legal judgments. About THE Series: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket - sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Title: Medical Ethics: A Very Short Introduction
Author(s): Hope Tony (Emeritus Professor Of Medical Ethics University Of Oxford)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198815600
Pages: 176 Pages, 18 Black And White Images
Publication Date: 2/1/2019
Series: Very Short Introductions
Category: Medical Ethics & Professional Conduct