Care Ethics and Social Structures in Medicine

Ruth E. Groenhout

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Routledge
30 June 2021

Medical ethics & professional conduct; Palliative medicine

Series: Routledge Annals of Bioethics

This book examines the central structures in medicine—medical knowledge, economics, technological innovation, and medical authority—from the perspective of an ethics of care. The author analyzes each of these structures in detail before considering the challenges they present to end of life care. The perspective of an ethics of care allows for a careful focus on how these structures affect the capacity of the health care system to provide the care patients need, on the impact they have on the relationships between patients and care-givers, and on how they affect the care-givers in terms of their own sense of identity and capacity for care. This book offers one of the first focused discussions of an ethics of care across a wide range of social issues and structures in contemporary medicine. It will be of keen interest to advanced students and scholars in bioethics and health care ethics who are interested in these important issues.

By: Ruth E. Groenhout
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 263g
ISBN: 9781032094410
ISBN 10: 1032094419
Series: Routledge Annals of Bioethics
Pages: 172
Publication Date: 30 June 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: Care and social structures Chapter One: Care ethics and the practice of medicine Chapter Two: Medical knowledge: From clinical judgement to evidence-based practice Chapter Three: Public health and free markets Chapter Four: Care and the technological imperative Chapter Five: Authority and power in medicine Chapter Six: Care, the ends of medicine, and the end of life.

Ruth E. Groenhout is the Distinguished Professor of Healthcare Ethics at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA. She is the author of　Connected Lives: Human Nature and an Ethics of Care　(2004) and co-editor of　Philosophy, Feminism, and Faith　(2003).