| Personhood and Health Care 2001 Edition Contributor(s): Thomasma, David C. (Editor), Weisstub, David N. (Editor), Herve, Christian (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1402000987 ISBN-13: 9781402000980 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $189.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2001 Annotation: This book offers a rich variety of thoughtful explorations on the nature of the human person especially as related to health care, medicine, and mental health. Rarely are so many different viewpoints collected in one place about the intriguing puzzle that is the concept of person, human dignity, and the special place human beings hold in the goals of healing and the social structures of medical delivery. Ramifications of the theory of personhood are presented for bioethics, genetics, individuality, uniqueness, international law, feminism, and human rights in health care. Intended for professionals in the fields of philosophy of medicine, law, and bioethics, this book will also appeal to psychologists and medical anthropologists. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Ethics - Law | International - Medical | Mental Health |
| Dewey: 174.2 |
| LCCN: 2001050226 |
| Series: Run Cool Series |
| Physical Information: 1.18" H x 7.04" W x 9.14" (1.89 lbs) 451 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: PERSONHOOD AND HEALTH CARE This book arose as a result of a pre-conference devoted to the topic held June 28, 1999 in Paris, France. The pre-conference preceded the Annual Congress of the International Academy ofLaw and Mental Health. Other chapters were solicited after the conference in order to more completely explore the relation of personhood to health care. The pre- conference was held in honor of Yves Pelicier who led so many of our French colleagues in medicine, philosophy, and ethics as Christian Herve notes in his Tribute. As health care is aimed at healing persons, it is important to realize how difficult it is to construct a theory of personhood for health care, and thus, a theory of how healing in health care comes about or ought to occur. The book is divided into four parts, Concepts of the Person, Theories of Personhood in Relation to Health Care and Bioethics, Person and Identity, and Personhood and Hs Relations. Each section explores a critical arena in constructing the relation of personhood to health care. Although no exploration ofthis nature can be exhaustive, every effort was made to present both conflicting and complementary views of personhood from within similar and different philosophical and religious traditions. PART ONE: CONCEPTS OF THE PERSON Tracing the origins of the concept of person from antiquity through present day, Jean Delemeau provides an historical sketch of the development of a wide range of meanings. |