Philosophical Medical EthicsPhilosphical medical ethics forms the basis of the codes of conduct and legal constraints involved in doctors' professional lives. This series of articles presents a British approach to the concepts, assumptions, beliefs, attitudes, and arguments underlying medico-moral decision-making in the context of medical practice. The book serves as an introduction whose aim is to encourage more rigorous analysis of the moral dilemmas confronting all physicians and to contribute to a comprehensive and coherent moral theory for medical practice. |
Contents
Utilitarianism | 20 |
Conscience good character integrity and | 28 |
scepticism about | 34 |
Copyright | |
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