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Thieves of Virtue: When Bioethics Stole Medicine

Thieves of Virtue: When Bioethics Stole Medicine

Koch, Tom

Paperback

Series: Basic Bioethics

Medical ReferenceTechnology & Engineering

ISBN10: 0262526786
ISBN13: 9780262526784
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: Aug 29 2014
Pages: 376
Weight: 1.06
Height: 0.79 Width: 5.72 Depth: 8.76
Language: English
An argument against the lifeboat ethic of contemporary bioethics that views medicine as a commodity rather than a tradition of care and caring.

Bioethics emerged in the 1960s from a conviction that physicians and researchers needed the guidance of philosophers in handling the issues raised by technological advances in medicine. It blossomed as a response to the perceived doctor-knows-best paternalism of the traditional medical ethic and today plays a critical role in health policies and treatment decisions. Bioethics claimed to offer a set of generally applicable, universally accepted guidelines that would simplify complex situations. In Thieves of Virtue, Tom Koch contends that bioethics has failed to deliver on its promises. Instead, he argues, bioethics has promoted a view of medicine as a commodity whose delivery is predicated not on care but on economic efficiency.

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