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A Bradford Book Ser.: Confessions of a Medicine Man : An Essay in Popular Philosophy by Alfred I. Tauber (1999, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherMIT Press
ISBN-100262201143
ISBN-139780262201148
eBay Product ID (ePID)715213
Product Key Features
Number of Pages184 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameConfessions of a Medicine Man : an Essay in Popular Philosophy
SubjectEthics, Physician & Patient, General
Publication Year1999
TypeTextbook
AuthorAlfred I. Tauber
Subject AreaPhilosophy, Medical
SeriesA Bradford Book Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight15.5 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN98-027288
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"Tauber looks deep into the relationship between physician and patient. A wise, humane and important work." -Jonathan Cole, Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, University of Southampton
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal174/.2
SynopsisChoice Outstanding Academic Title, 2000. and First Prize, 2000, American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) Medical Book Award in the category of Books for Allied Health Professionals. "My mission is to analyze medicines ethical structure. I do so as both a physician and a philosopher. Of my two voices, it is the latter that is informed by the former. . . . As a physician I have sought professional solutions to the frustrations of fighting a medical system that has become increasingly hostile to my standards of care for my patients; as a philosopher I will explore here the ethical issues I believe are the root of our predicament." -from the introduction In Confessions of a Medicine Man, Alfred Tauber probes the ethical structure of contemporary medicine in an argument accessible to lay readers, healthcare professionals, and ethicists alike. Through personal anecdote, historical narrative, and philosophical discussion, Tauber composes a moral portrait of the doctor-patient relationship. In a time when discussion has focused on market forces, he seeks to show how our basic conceptions of health, the body, and most fundamentally our very notion of selfhood frame our experience of illness. Arguing against an ethics based on a presumed autonomy, Tauber presents a relational ethic that must orient medical science and a voracious industry back to their primary moral responsibility: the empathetic response to the call of the ill., This book probes the ethical structure of contemporary medicine in an argument accessible to lay readers, healthcare professionals, and ethicists alike.
LC Classification NumberR724.T38 1998
