| Description |
xiii, 304 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Basic bioethics
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Basic bioethics.
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| Note |
"A Bradford book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Remembering the Hippocratics : knowledge, practice, and ethos of ancient Greek physician-healers / Robert Bartz -- Is medicine art, science, or practical wisdom? Ancient and contemporary reflections / Ronald Polansky -- Phronesis and the misdescription of medicine : against the medical school commencement speech / Kathryn Montgomery -- Aristotle, phronesis, and postmodern bioethics / David Thomasma -- Confessions of an unrepentant sophist / Tod Chambers -- Philosophical therapy, ancient and modern / Julia E. Annas -- Thrasymachus and managed care : how not to think about the craft of medicine / Alex John London -- Potentiality and persons : an Aristotelian perspective / Christopher Megone -- Can communitarianism end the shrill and interminable public debates? Abortion as a case-in-point / Mark G. Kuczewski -- Classical and modern reflections on medical ethics and the best interests of the sick child / Daryl M. Tress -- Facing death like a Stoic : Epictetus on suicide in the case of illness / Christopher E. Cosans -- Euthanasia and the physician's role : reflections on some views in the ancient Greek tradition / Georgios Anagnastopoulos. |
| Subject |
Medical ethics.
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Medical ethics. |
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Philosophy, Ancient.
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Philosophy, Ancient. |
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Medicine, Greek and Roman.
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Medicine, Greek and Roman. |
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Éthique médicale. |
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Philosophie ancienne. |
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Médecine grecque et romaine. |
| Added Author |
Kuczewski, Mark G.
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Polansky, Ronald M., 1948-
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| ISBN |
0262611775 |
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026211254X alkaline paper |
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