For the Patient's Good: The Restoration of Beneficence in Health Care

by Edmund D. Pellegrino and David C. Thomasma

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In this companion volume to their 1981 work, A Philosophical Basis of Medical Practice, Pellegrino and Thomasma examine the principle of beneficence and its role in the practice of medicine. Their analysis, which is grounded in a thorough-going philosophy of medicine, addresses a wide array of practical and ethical concerns that are a part of health care decision-making today. Among these issues are the withdrawing and withholding of nutrition and...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0195043197

ISBN13:9780195043198

Release Date:February 1988

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:256 Pages

Weight:1.28 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Related Subjects

Administration & Policy Ethics Humanities Language Arts Medical Medical Books Medical Ethics Medicine Philosophy Politics & Social Sciences

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