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PublisherMIT Press

ISBN-10026270112X

ISBN-139780262701129

eBay Product ID (ePID)8038276631

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Number of Pages344 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NamePatient Autonomy and the Ethics of Responsibility

SubjectEthics, Physician & Patient, Medical Law & Legislation, General

Publication Year2005

TypeTextbook

AuthorAlfred I. Tauber, Arthur L. Caplan

Subject AreaLaw, Philosophy, Psychology, Medical

SeriesBasic Bioethics Ser.

FormatPerfect

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight16 Oz

Item Length8.9 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2005-047911

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"Tauber's mission is to correct the way the law, as well as its bioethicist andmanaged-care enablers, have shortchanged the moral character of medicine....[and] to turn theprevailing concept of patient autonomy on its head by getting physicians to act on their moralduties to their patients...The resulting book is impressively referenced and written and is anintellectually elegant exercise in moral philosophy." Marshall B. Kapp, J.D., M.P.H. The New EnglandJournal of Medicine, Tauber's mission is to correct the way the law, as well as its bioethicist and managed-care enablers, have shortchanged the moral character of medicine....[and] to turn the prevailing concept of patient autonomy on its head by getting physicians to act on their moral duties to their patients...The resulting book is impressively referenced and written and is an intellectually elegant exercise in moral philosophy., "Tauber's mission is to correct the way the law, as well as its bioethicist and managed-care enablers, have shortchanged the moral character of medicine....[and] to turn the prevailing concept of patient autonomy on its head by getting physicians to act on their moral duties to their patients...The resulting book is impressively referenced and written and is an intellectually elegant exercise in moral philosophy." Marshall B. Kapp, J.D., M.P.H. The New England Journal of Medicine, "Tauber's mission is to correct the way the law, as well as its bioethicist and managed-care enablers, have shortchanged the moral character of medicine....[and] to turn the prevailing concept of patient autonomy on its head by getting physicians to act on their moral duties to their patients...The resulting book is impressively referenced and written and is an intellectually elegant exercise in moral philosophy." - Marshall B. Kapp, J.D., M.P.H., The New England Journal of Medicine

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

Dewey Decimal174.2

SynopsisThe principle of patient autonomy dominates the contemporary debate over medical ethics. In this examination of the doctor-patient relationship, physician and philosopher Alfred Tauber argues that the idea of patient autonomy--which was inspired by other rights-based movements of the 1960s--was an extrapolation from political and social philosophy that fails to ground medicine's moral philosophy. He proposes instead a reconfiguration of personal autonomy and a renewed commitment to an ethics of care. In this formulation, physician beneficence and responsibility become powerful means for supporting the autonomy and dignity of patients. Beneficence, Tauber argues, should not be confused with the medical paternalism that fueled the patient rights movement. Rather, beneficence and responsibility are moral principles that not only are compatible with patient autonomy but strengthen it. Coordinating the rights of patients with the responsibilities of their caregivers will result in a more humane and robust medicine. Tauber examines the historical and philosophical competition between facts (scientific objectivity) and values (patient care) in medicine. He analyzes the shifting conceptions of personhood underlying the doctor-patient relationship, offers a "topology" of autonomy, from Locke and Kant to Hume and Mill, and explores both philosophical and practical strategies for reconfiguring trust and autonomy. Framing the practicalities of the clinical encounter with moral reflections, Tauber calls for an ethical medicine in which facts and values are integrated and humane values are deliberately included in the program of care., A philosophical discussion of the doctor-patient relationship that argues for enhanced patient autonomy based on the ethics of physician responsibility and a science of value-based decision making., The principle of patient autonomy dominates the contemporary debate over medical ethics. In this examination of the doctor-patient relationship, physician and philosopher Alfred Tauber argues that the idea of patient autonomy--which was inspired by other rights-based movements of the 1960s--was an extrapolation from political and social philosophy that fails to ground medicine's moral philosophy. He proposes instead a reconfiguration of personal autonomy and a renewed commitment to an ethics of care. In this formulation, physician beneficence and responsibility become powerful means for supporting the autonomy and dignity of patients. Beneficence, Tauber argues, should not be confused with the medical paternalism that fueled the patient rights movement. Rather, beneficence and responsibility are moral principles that not only are compatible with patient autonomy but strengthen it. Coordinating the rights of patients with the responsibilities of their caregivers will result in a more humane and robust medicine. Tauber examines the historical and philosophical competition between facts (scientific objectivity) and values (patient care) in medicine. He analyzes the shifting conceptions of personhood underlying the doctor-patient relationship, offers a topology of autonomy, from Locke and Kant to Hume and Mill, and explores both philosophical and practical strategies for reconfiguring trust and autonomy. Framing the practicalities of the clinical encounter with moral reflections, Tauber calls for an ethical medicine in which facts and values are integrated and humane values are deliberately included in the program of care.

LC Classification NumberR727.42.T38 2005