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Informationen zum Autor Grant R. Gillett, M.B. Ch.B., D.Phil. is a professor of medical ethics at the University of Otago Medical School in Dunedin, New Zealand. He is the author of The Mind and Its Discontents: An Essay in Discursive Psychiatry, Consciousness and Intentionality, and Representation, Meaning, and Thought. Klappentext "His choice of subjects is refreshingly eclectic, including some of the usual subjects, but also ones less often covered in bioethics books... it is both philosophical and practical." -- Bulletin of Medical Ethics "The writing is accessible, and this book is useful for those who seek a practical approach to some of the more difficult issues in bioethics today." -- Doody's Book Review Service "His lucid analysis strikes at the core normative issues of modern medical practice and paves the way for genuinely useful discussions among philosophers, physicians, and others interested in the future of medicine... Not only innovative but insightful." -- Choice Zusammenfassung Rigorous and elegant! this book will be of interest to those in medical fields! to students and scholars of philosophy! and to lay readers interested in the profound ethical dramas played out in hospitals and doctors' offices every day.
