Bioethics : ancient themes in contemporary issues / edited by Mark G. Kuczewski and Ronald Polansky.

Other author Kuczewski, Mark G.
Other author Polansky, Ronald M., 1948-
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2000.
Descriptionxiii, 304 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Medical ethics.
Philosophy, Ancient.
Medicine, Greek and Roman.

SeriesBasic bioethics
Basic bioethics. ^A459921
Contents Remembering the Hippocratics : knowledge, practice, and ethos of ancient Greek physician-healers / Robert Bartz -- Is medicine art, science, or practical wisdom? Ancient and contemporary reflections / Ronald Polansky -- Phronesis and the misdescription of medicine : against the medical school commencement speech / Kathryn Montgomery -- Aristotle, phronesis, and postmodern bioethics / David Thomasma -- Confessions of an unrepentant sophist / Tod Chambers -- Philosophical therapy, ancient and modern / Julia E. Annas -- Thrasymachus and managed care : how not to think about the craft of medicine / Alex John London -- Potentiality and persons : an Aristotelian perspective / Christopher Megone -- Can communitarianism end the shrill and interminable public debates? Abortion as a case-in-point / Mark G. Kuczewski -- Classical and modern reflections on medical ethics and the best interests of the sick child / Daryl M. Tress -- Facing death like a Stoic : Epictetus on suicide in the case of illness / Christopher E. Cosans -- Euthanasia and the physician's role : reflections on some views in the ancient Greek tradition / Georgios Anagnastopoulos.
General note"A Bradford book"
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 00020815
ISBN026211254X (alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks R724 .B4585 2000 ✔ Available Place Hold