A Practical Guide to Clinical Ethics Consulting - Christopher Meyers

A Practical Guide to Clinical Ethics Consulting

Expertise, Ethos and Power
Buch | Softcover
112 Seiten
2007
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-7425-4828-2 (ISBN)
37,40 inkl. MwSt
The philosophical method is critical to ethics consulting. To be truly effective, ethicists need grounding in ethics theory, abstract reasoning and conceptual analysis. This work helps ethicists to understand problems from practitioners' points-of-view, and allows for an appreciation of the working life of practitioners.
A Practical Guide to Clinical Ethics Consulting reasserts the philosophical method as foundational to ethics consulting. It does so in response to extensive attacks from social scientists, lawyers, theologians, and especially practitioners, all of whom disparage philosophy's reliance on abstract theory and conceptual analysis. Using clinical ethics consulting as an exemplar, Christopher Meyers argues that while many of the attacks are well founded, they are only partly so and not in the most important respects. Ethics consulting that relies too heavily on abstract analysis is of little use to practitioners; consultants must have adequate grounding in, and appreciation of, the concrete reality of working professionals. They must also be experienced enough to have the practical wisdom necessary to assist with real-world problems. Skills of philosophical analysis, when combined with instruction in empirical investigation, political awareness and appropriate character traits, are vital to ethics consulting. Ethicists need the theoretical and conceptual analysis skills that are a standard part of a philosophical education and mindset. The book provides both a defense of this central thesis and a detailed description of the empirical tools—and of the critical independence—necessary to effective consulting.

Christopher Meyers is professor of philosophy at California State University, Bakersfield and serves as executive director of the Kegley Institute of Ethics. He is also on the faculty of the Department of Medicine at the Kern County Medical Center in Bakersfield. He has authored several journal articles and serves on several hospital boards.

Part 1 Chapter 1: Clinical Ethics Consulting and Moral Expertise Chapter 2 Moral Expertise Chapter 3 Experts in Analysis Chapter 4 Attitude and Skills Chapter 5 Conclusion Part 6 Chapter 2: Principles, Rules and Character: A Model of Ethics Reasoning Chapter 7 Principles Chapter 8 Application Chapter 9 A Process Chapter 10 Specificity Chapter 11 Character Chapter 12 Conclusion Part 13 Chapter 3: Social Context and the Politicization of Clinical Ethics Chapter 14 The Nature of Social Contexts Chapter 15 Cases in Context Chapter 16 Activism Part 17 Chapter 4: Why Do Good People Do Bad Things? Chapter 18 Organizational Culture Chapter 19 Capturing the Ethos Chapter 20 Understanding the Culture Chapter 21 Addressing the Culture Chapter 22 Conclusion

Erscheint lt. Verlag 26.6.2007
Verlagsort Lanham, MD
Sprache englisch
Maße 154 x 230 mm
Gewicht 191 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Medizinethik
Studium Querschnittsbereiche Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
ISBN-10 0-7425-4828-7 / 0742548287
ISBN-13 978-0-7425-4828-2 / 9780742548282
Zustand Neuware
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