Case Analysis in Clinical Ethics [Paperback]

This book surveys the main methods of analysing ethical problems in modern medicine.This is an eclectic review from a team of leading ethicists covering the main methods for analysing ethical problems in modern medicine. Dr Anneke Lucassen presents a challenging genetics case drawn from her clinical experience. It is then analysed from different ethical points of view. Each approach is illustrated in action, giving the reader a basic grounding in its central elements. Comparison between approaches indicates how far methodology in medical ethics matters, and how different theoretical starting points can lead to different practical conclusions.This is an eclectic review from a team of leading ethicists covering the main methods for analysing ethical problems in modern medicine. Dr Anneke Lucassen presents a challenging genetics case drawn from her clinical experience. It is then analysed from different ethical points of view. Each approach is illustrated in action, giving the reader a basic grounding in its central elements. Comparison between approaches indicates how far methodology in medical ethics matters, and how different theoretical starting points can lead to different practical conclusions.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.Notes on contributors; 1. Philosophical introduction: l#$