Case Analysis in Clinical Ethics

Author/Contributor(s):	Ashcroft, Richard ; Lucassen, Anneke ; Parker, Michael ; Verkerk, Marian ; Widdershoven, Guy
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Date:	08/18/2005
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Covering the main methods for analyzing ethical problems in modern medicine, Anneke Lucassen, a clinician, begins by presenting an ethically challenging genetics case drawn from her clinical experience. It is then analysed from different theoretical points of view. Each ethicist takes a particular approach, illustrating it in action and giving the reader a basic grounding in its central elements. Each chapter can be read on its own, but comparison between them gives the reader a sense of to what extent methodology in medical ethics matters, and how different theoretical starting points can lead to different practical conclusions. At the end, Lucassen offers a clinician's response to the various ethical methods described.