edited by Jeremy Sugarman and Daniel P. Sulmasy
contributions by Diego Gracia, Lisa Sowle Cahill, Edmund D. Pellegrino, Albert R. Jonsen, Mark A. Hall, Nancy M.P. King, Susan E. Lederer, Tod Chambers, Raymond DeVries, Holly A. Taylor, Sara Chandros Hull, Nancy E. Kass, Patricia A. Marshall, Barbara A. Koenig, Robert A. Pearlman, Helene E. Starks, Marion Danis, Laura Hanson, Joanne M. Garrett, David A. Asch, Jeremy Sugarman, Daniel P. Sulmasy, Daniel P. Sulmasy, Daniel P. Sulmasy, Jeremy Sugarman, Ruth Faden, Alison Boyce, David DeGrazia and Tom L. Beauchamp
Georgetown University Press, 2013
Paper: 978-1-58901-701-6 | eISBN: 978-1-58901-623-1
Library of Congress Classification R724.M43 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification 174.2

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ABOUT THIS BOOK

Medical ethics draws upon methods from a wide array of disciplines, including anthropology, economics, epidemiology, health services research, history, law, medicine, nursing, philosophy, psychology, sociology, and theology.

In this influential book, outstanding scholars in medical ethics bring these many methods together in one place to be systematically described, critiqued, and challenged. Newly revised and updated chapters in this second edition include philosophy, religion and theology, virtue and professionalism, casuistry and clinical ethics, law, history, qualitative research, ethnography, quantitative surveys, experimental methods, and economics and decision science. This second edition also includes new chapters on literature and sociology, as well as a second chapter on philosophy which expands the range of philosophical methods discussed to include gender ethics, communitarianism, and discourse ethics. In each of these chapters, contributors provide descriptions of the methods, critiques, and notes on resources and training.

Methods in Medical Ethics is a valuable resource for scholars, teachers, editors, and students in any of the disciplines that have contributed to the field. As a textbook and reference for graduate students and scholars in medical ethics, it offers a rich understanding of the complexities involved in the rigorous investigation of moral questions in medical practice and research.