Truth, Trust and Medicine

1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-415-18548-6
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 184 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 340 g

Truth, Trust and Medicine investigates trust and honesty in medicine. It looks at the doctor-patient relationship, raising questions which disturb notions of patients' autonomy and self-determination, such as withholding information and consent and covert surveillance in care units. It will be of interest to those working in medical ethics and applied philosophy, and a valuable resource for practitioners of medicine.

Zielgruppe

General, Postgraduate, Professional, and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jackson, Jennifer

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Ethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Medizinische Ethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface, Acknowledgements, 1. Truthfulness in medical and nursing practice, 2. Noble lies and therapeutic tricks, 3. Why truthfulness matters, 4. What truthfulness requires, 5. The teaching we need to preserve truthfulness, 6. Doctors and nurses as ‘caring pragmatists’, 7. Deceptions and concealments in medical and nursing practice, 8. Dishonesty in medical research, 9. Can doctors and nurses be ‘too honest’?, 10. Truth and trust: medical ethics today and any day, Notes, Bibliography, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jennifer Jackson is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Director of the Centre for Business and Professional Ethics at the University of Leeds, UK.