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Ethical Choices in Contemporary Medicine examines the epistemological foundations of medicine to show that many of today’s bioethical problems have their roots in how medical knowledge is established, evaluated and transmitted. These epistemological concerns frame the medical choices and claims we make, from how medical responsibility is sanctioned to how medical care is allocated. The present predicaments of medicine are examined within a broad cultural context that exposes the expectations individuals have of their health-care providers and of themselves. The authors explore some of the historical roots of these concerns and suggest that rational discourse and parochial ethical dialogue may be futile in the face of competing and incommensurable frameworks, attitudes and wishes. The authors show that, in the postmodern age, two interrelated issues surface when it comes to medicine. On the one hand, there is a strong critique of science and the privileges associated with the scientific discourse and, on the other, there is still a deep-seated quest for certainty in all medical matters. Ethical Choices in Contemporary Medicine investigates the fundamental nature of medicine and medical knowledge in health-care provision today and offers a radical and practical rethinking of medical ethics. It will be required reading for philosophers of medicine and will be of interest to those working in bioethics, sociology of medicine and philosophy of science more generally, as well as to health-care practitioners interested in the foundational issues of their discipline.

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This volume explains how health care professions and their values have changed over the last forty years, charting where they have come from, where they are now, and how they might develop in the future. There is coverage of a wide range of professions within healthcare. Chapters are followed by critical responses from senior practitioners.

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Die moderne Biomedizin birgt zahlreiche moralische Herausforderungen und Dilemmata, die in pluralen Gesellschaften nicht immer einvernehmlich gelöst werden können. Dennoch müssen auf individueller, institutioneller und gesellschaftlicher Ebene Entscheidungen getroffen und Regelungen gefunden werden. Hierbei sind verschiedene, häufig miteinander in Konflikt stehende ethische Normen, Werte, Ideale und Interessen zu berücksichtigen. Wie in solchen Spannungsfeldern angemessene Entscheidungen gefunden werden können, ist bisher weder in der Praxis noch in der Theorie ausreichend geklärt. Dieser Band versammelt Beiträge verschiedener Disziplinen zu der Frage, wie ethische Entscheidungen in der Medizin und im Gesundheitswesen in einer gut begründeten Art und Weise getroffen werden können. Sie schlagen eine Brücke zwischen ethischer Theoriebildung und konkreter Entscheidungsfindung in der Praxis. Neben Beiträgen zu philosophischen Grundlagen ethischer Entscheidungen und zur Anwendung verschiedener Ethiktheorien auf einen klinischen Einzelfall werden Beiträge zu relevanten Entscheidungskontexten und -instrumenten der klinischen Praxis sowie der biomedizinischen Forschung und Politik geleistet

Medical ethics --- Medicine --- Philosophy