{"product_id":"bioethics-and-the-humanities-robin-downie-9781844720538","title":"Bioethics and the Humanities: Attitudes and Perceptions","description":"\u003cp\u003eCritiquing many areas of medical practice and research whilst making constructive suggestions about medical education, this book extends the scope of medical ethics beyond sole concern with regulation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIllustrating some humanistic ways of understanding patients, this volume explores the connections between medical ethics, healthcare and subjects, such as philosophy, literature, creative writing and medical history and how they can affect the attitudes of doctors towards patients and the perceptions of medicine, health and disease which have become part of contemporary culture. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe authors examine a range of ideas in medical practice and research, including: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe idea that patient status or the doctor\/patient relationship can be understood via quantitative scales\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe illusion fostered by medical ethics that doctors, unlike those in other professions, are uniquely beneficent and indeed altruistic.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn excellent text for undergraduate and postgraduate students of law, medical ethics and medical healthcare law, \u003cem\u003eBioethics and the Humanities\u003c\/em\u003e shows the real ethical achievements, problems and half-truths of contemporary medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robin Downie,Jane Macnaughton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1844720535\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781844720538\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge Cavendish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/25\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d","brand":"Robin Downie","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48623317778687,"sku":"9781844720538","price":140.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bioethics-and-the-humanities-robin-downie-9781844720538","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}