The New Medicine and the Old Ethics

Placing the medical profession in its historical context, Jonsen describes its ethical tensions. He addresses the conflict between altruism and self-interest which he believes is built into the structure of medical care and woven into the very fabric of physicians' lives.

List of contents

Watching the doctor; asklepios as intensivist; the good samaritan as gatekeeper; the nobility of medicine; doctor Locke and doctors' rights; Bentham in his box; the snake and the saints; humanities are the hormones.

Summary

Placing the medical profession in its historical context, Jonsen describes its ethical tensions. He addresses the conflict between altruism and self-interest which he believes is built into the structure of medical care and woven into the very fabric of physicians' lives.

Product details

• Authors: Jonsen, Albert Jonsen, Albert R. Jonsen
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.1992
• EAN: 9780674617261
• ISBN: 978-0-674-61726-1
• No. of pages: 176
• Weight: 222 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General