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Can Ethnography Save The Life Of Medical Ethics?, Barry Hoffmaster

C. Barry Hoffmaster

Since its inception contemporary medical ethics has been regarded by many of its practitioners as ‘applied ethics’, that is, the application of philosophical theories to the moral problems that arise in health care. This ‘applied ethics’ model of medical ethics is, however, beset with internal and external difficulties. The internal difficulties point out that the model is intrinsically flawed. The external difficulties arise because the model does not fit work in the field. Indeed, the strengths of that work are its highly nuanced, particularized analyses of cases and issues and its appreciation of the circumstances and contexts that generate and …

Update - Special Report November 1992, Loma Linda University Center For Christian Bioethics

Update

In this issue:

[ Special Report to Our Contributors Proposition 161 - Death with Dignity Act, Should It Become Law? ]
-- Yes
-- No

Update - May 1992, Loma Linda University Center For Christian Bioethics

Update

In this issue:

[ Faith, Medicine, and Religious Liberty - Part 2, Christian Science ]
-- Spiritual Healing for Children
-- Religious Liberty, Spiritual Healing, and the Health Care of Children
-- Spiritual Healing, Laws, and Constitutional Free Exercise of Religious Rights
-- Baby Theresa: Parental Choice Must Reign in the Case of Brain-Absent Newborns
-- Anencephalic Infants as Organ Donors: Do We Follow Rules or Emotions?