Description: Defining personhood: Toward the ethics of quality in clinical care (Value inquiry book series) Merrill, Sarah Bishop and Bishop Merrill, Sarah Product Overview Many debates in biomedical ethics today involve inconsistencies in defining the key term, person. Both sides of the abortion debate, for instance, beg the question about what constitutes personhood. This book explores the arguments concerning definitions of personhood in the history of modern philosophy, and then constructs a superior model, defined in terms of distinctive features (a theoretical concept borrowed from linguistics). This model is shown to have distinct advantages over the necessary and sufficient condition models of personhood launched by essentialists. Philosophers historically have been correct about what some of the pivotal distinctive features of personhood are, e.q., rationality, communications and self-consciousness, but they have been wrong about the methods of recognizing and asserting personhood, and about the relative importance of feelings. In clinical care, complaints often surface that care is not personal. This book aims to improve care through providing a method of attending to patients as people. Charts in the Appendices show that where physicians attended to personal features important to their patients, sometimes the patients rated the care even higher than the physician did. The book will be useful to health-care providers whose goals include improving quality of care, listening to patients, and preventing malpractice. Read more Details Publisher : Brill Rodopi (January 1, 1998) Language : English Paperback : 222 pages ISBN-10 : 9042005718 ISBN-13 : 16 Item Weight : 14.7 ounces Best Sellers Rank: #9,897,606 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #6,032 in Ethics #32,539 in Philosophy of Ethics & Morality #6,032 in Ethics #32,539 in Philosophy of Ethics & Morality We have been selling used books since 2012, and we've learned that the most important thing is doing good business. Honesty is our policy. Free Shipping We ship worldwide. We have multiple warehouses around the world, so please note the extended handling time on certain listings.
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ISBN: 9042005718
ISBN10: 9042005718
ISBN13: 9789042005716
EAN: 9789042005716
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Number of Pages: X, 222 Pages
Publication Name: Defining Personhood : Toward the Ethics of Quality in Clinical Care
Language: English
Publisher: Brill
Subject: Clinical Medicine, Ethics & Moral Philosophy
Publication Year: 1998
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 14.7 Oz
Item Length: 8.7 in
Subject Area: Philosophy, Medical
Author: Sarah Bishop Merrill
Series: Value Inquiry Book Ser.
Item Width: 5.9 in
Format: Trade Paperback
