Overview
Those who work in bioethics and the medical humanities come from many different backgrounds, such as health care, philosophy, law, the social sciences, and religious studies. The work they do also varies widely: consulting on ethical issues in patient care, working with legislatures, dealing with the media, teaching, speaking, writing, and more. Writing as a participant in this developing field, Judith Andre offers a model to unify its diversity. Using the term """"bioethics"""" broadly, to include all the medical humanities, she articulates ideals for the field, identifies its temptations and moral pitfalls, and argues for the central importance of certain virtues. Perhaps the most original of these is the virtue of choosing projects well, which demands not only broadening the field's focus beyond end-of-life issues but also understanding the forces that have kept it too narrow. Andre offers an imaginative analysis of the special problems presented by interdisciplinary work and discusses the intellectual virtues necessary for its success. She calls attention to the kinds of professional communities that are necessary to support good work. The book draws from interviews with many people in the field and from the findings of social scientists. It includes the author's personal reflections, several extended allegories, and philosophical analysis.
Full Product Details
Author: Judith Andre
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.467kg
ISBN: 9780807827338
ISBN 10: 0807827339
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 30 September 2002
Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Awaiting stock
Reviews
Andre's careful and insightful discussion of the field of bioethics - its routines, hazards, and rewards - places bioethics in larger social and political focus. Everyone even remotely interested in the ethical issues of medicine and the life sciences should read this book. - Larry R. Churchill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"""Andre's careful and insightful discussion of the field of bioethics - its routines, hazards, and rewards - places bioethics in larger social and political focus. Everyone even remotely interested in the ethical issues of medicine and the life sciences should read this book."" - Larry R. Churchill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill"
Author Information
JUDITH ANDRE is a professor at the Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences and in the Department of Philosophy at Michigan State University.
