Moral Theory and Medical Practice

Name: Moral Theory and Medical Practice
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ISBN: 9780521388696

ISBN-10: 0521388694

ISBN-13: 9780521388696

Edition: 1989

Authors: K. W. M. Fulford, Baroness Warnock

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Moral Theory and Medical Practice aims to bring the practical needs of medicine closer to the theoretical interests of philosophy. While most work in the field of medical ethics has been concerned with the examination and solution of practical dilemmas, this book explores the potential benefits of philosophical analysis. By drawing directly on moral theory, philosophical analysis can help to resolve difficulties in the practice of medicine and psychiatry that arise from the obscurity of our concepts of illness and disease. The author provides a specifically philosophical contribution to an improved clinical practice, in particular in showing a new way of understanding the clinically…

Book details

List price: $54.99
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2/1/1990
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.55" wide x 8.54" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.056



Philosophical foreword



Clinical preface: The case of Mr A.B.


Preface


Analytical list of contents


Acknowledgements



Introduction



The debate about mental illness



Illness and disease as value terms



The conventional view



Dysfunction



Disease



Illness



Illness and disease as medical value terms



Dysfunction and function



Illness and action



Mental illness



Practical applications



Diagnosis



Treatment



Primary health care



Conclusions



Overview and future developments


Appendix


Bibliography


Index