Methods in Medical Ethics

"Methods in Medical Ethics was the first systematic examination of how the methods and analyses of a wide variety of disciplines--such as anthropology, economics, epidemiology, health services research, law, nursing, philosophy, psychology, sociology, and theology--could illuminate the subject of medicine and morality. In the 25 years since the first edition, the field of bioethics has drastically changed, and this new edition has also been radically revised. This third edition covers a broader range of bioethics topics, while still focusing on the methods and research used to study ethical issues surrounding health care to human beings. In addition, the editors have increased the range of philosophical and religious and theological approaches and formal literature reviews. New to this edition are a section on practical ethics that shifts away from methods used in bioethics scholarship to those used in bioethics practice. This new editi