Methods in Medical Ethics

Jeremy Sugarman, MD, is a professor of medicine and philosophy and the director of the Center for the Study of Medical Ethics and Humanities at Duke University. He is the editor of Ethics in Primary Care and coeditor of Beyond Consent: Seeking Justice in Research. Daniel P. Sulmasy, OFM, MD, is the inaugural Clinton-Kilbride Professor of Medicine and Medical Ethics, Professor of Divinity, and Associate Director of the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago. He is the author of The Healer's Calling: A Spirituality for Physicians and Other Health Care Professionals.

Preface Acknowledgments Contributors Part I: Overview1. The Many Methods of Medical Ethics (Or, Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird) Daniel P. Sulmasy and Jeremy Sugarman2. A Decade of Empirical Research in Medical Ethics Jeremy Sugarman, Ruth Faden, and Judith WeinsteinPart II: Methods3. Philosophy David DeGrazia and Tom L. Beauchamp4. Religion and Theology Lisa Sowle Cahill5. Professional Codes Edmund D. Pellegrino6. Legal Methods James G. Hodge Jr. and Lawrence O. Gostin7. Casuistry Albert R. Jonsen8. History Darrel W. Amundsen9. Qualitative Methods Sara Chandros Hull, Holly A. Taylor, and Nancy E. Kass10. Ethnographic Methods Patricia Loomis Marshall and Barbara A Koenig11. Quantitative Surveys Robert A. Pearlman and Helene E. Starks12. Experimental Methods Marion Danis, Laura Hanson, and Joanne M. Garrett13. Economics and Decision ScienceDavid A. Asch Part III: Relationships and Applications14. Research in Medical Ethics: Physician -- Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Daniel P. Sulmasy15. Research in Medical Ethics: Genetic Diagnosis Gail E. Henderson16. Reading the Medical Ethics Literature: A Discourse on Method Daniel P. SulmasyIndex