Bioethics in a liberal society : the political framework of bioethics decision making /
"Issues concerning patients' rights are at the center of bioethics, but the political basis for these rights has rarely been examined. In Bioethics in a Liberal Society: The Political Framework of Bioethics Decision Making, Thomas May offers a compelling analysis of how the political conte...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2002
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | "Issues concerning patients' rights are at the center of bioethics, but the political basis for these rights has rarely been examined. In Bioethics in a Liberal Society: The Political Framework of Bioethics Decision Making, Thomas May offers a compelling analysis of how the political context of liberal constitutional democracy shapes the rights and obligations of both patients and health care professionals. May focuses on how a key feature of liberal society - namely, an individual's right to make independent decisions - has an impact on the most important relational facets of health care, such as patients' autonomy and professionals' rights of conscience." "Although a liberal political framework protects individual judgments, May asserts that this right is based on the assumption of an individual's competency to make sound decisions. May uses case studies to examine society's approach to medical decision making when, for reasons ranging from age to severe mental disorder, a person lacks sufficient competency to make independent and fully informed choices. To protect the autonomy of these vulnerable patients, May emphasizes the need for health care ethics committees and ethics consultants to help guide the decision-making process in clinical settings."--Jacket |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 135 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-131) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0801876486 9780801876486 9780801868023 0801868025 9780801892820 0801892821 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
