Case Analysis in Clinical Ethics

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511545450

Case Analysis in Clinical Ethics is an eclectic review from a team of leading ethicists covering the main methods for analysing ethical problems in modern medicine. Anneke Lucassen, a clinician, begins by presenting an ethically challenging genetics case drawn from her clinical experience. It is then analysed from different theoretical points of view. Each ethicist takes a particular approach, illustrating it in action and giving the reader a basic grounding in its central elements. Each chapter can be read on its own, but comparison between them gives the reader a sense of how far methodology in medical ethics matters, and how different theoretical starting points can lead to different practical conclusions. At the end, Anneke Lucassen gives a clinician's response to the various ethical methods described. Practising clinical ethicists and students on upper level undergraduate and Master's degree courses in medical ethics and applied philosophy will find this invaluable.

'I found this book to be very useful for clinical practice. … The chapter discussions on theoretical grounding are stimulating and at times challenging, but most appreciated in the way they provide insight into the application of theory to practice.'

Source: Doody's

'It takes a complex clinical case and shows how it can be analysed from different theoretical ethical perspectives … All chapters are written clearly, even those on hermeneutic and post-structuralist analysis. This should not only enlighten, but also reassure, the clinician reader whose instinctive response to these latter approaches might be one of suspicion … succeeds in its aim of illuminating the wide array of methods and theoretical approaches currently in use in clinical ethics. It would be of interest and value to trainees and career doctors in general and specialist practice.'

Source: Journal of The Royal Society of Medicine

'This volume is an excellent step in the general direction of grounding medical ethics in more real life experiences.'

Megan Clinch - The London School of Economics

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi
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Contents
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Notes on contributors
pp ix-xii
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Acknowledgements
pp xiii-xiv
- By Richard Ashcroft, Head of the Medical Ethics Unit, Imperial College, London, Anneke Lucassen, Consultant Wessex regional genetics services; Senior Lecturer, Southampton University, Michael Parker, Professor, University of Oxford, Marian Verkerk, Professor, University of Groningen, Guy Widdershoven, Professor, University of Maastricht
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1 - Philosophical introduction: case analysis in clinical ethics
pp 1-6
- By Richard Ashcroft, Head of the Medical Ethics Unit, Imperial College, London, Michael Parker, Professor of Bioethics, University of Oxford, Marian Verkerk, Professor of Ethics, University of Groningen, Guy Widdershoven, Professor of Ethics, University of Maastricht
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2 - Families and genetic testing: the case of Jane and Phyllis
pp 7-26
- By Anneke Lucassen, Consultant in clinical genetics, Wessex Clinical Genetics Service; Senior Lecturer, Southampton University
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3 - Family access to shared genetic information: an analysis of the narrative
pp 27-44
- By Brian Hurwitz, D'Oyly Carte Chair of Medicine and the Arts King's College, London
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4 - A virtue-ethics approach
pp 45-56
- By Alastair Campbell, Professor, University of Bristol
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5 - Interpretation and dialogue in hermeneutic ethics
pp 57-76
- By Guy Widdershoven, Professor of Ethics, University of Maastricht
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6 - ‘Power, corruption and lies’: ethics and power
pp 77-94
- By Richard Ashcroft, Senior Lecturer, Imperial College, London
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7 - Reading the genes
pp 95-114
- By Rob Withers, Lecturer University College, Scarborough
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8 - A utilitarian approach
pp 115-132
- By Julian Savulescu, Founder and Director Oxford, Uehiro Centre
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9 - A feminist care-ethics approach to genetics
pp 133-148
- By Marian Verkerk, Professor of Ethics, University of Groningen
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10 - A conversational approach to the ethics of genetic testing
pp 149-164
- By Michael Parker, Professor of Bioethics, University of Oxford
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11 - Families and genetic testing: the case of Jane and Phyllis from a four-principles perspective
pp 165-186
- By Raanan Gillon, Professor Imperial College, London
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12 - A phenomenological approach to bioethics
pp 187-200
- By George Agich, Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
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13 - An empirical approach
pp 201-212
- By Søren Holm, Professor, University of Oslo
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14 - Response to ethical dissections of the case
pp 213-224
- By Anneke Lucassen, lecturer/consultant Wessex regional genetics services
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15 - Philosophical reflections
pp 225-230
- By Michael Parker, Professor, University of Oxford, Richard Ashcroft, Senior Lecturer, Imperial College, London, Marian Verkerk, Senior Lecturer, University of Utrecht in Rotterdam, Guy Widdershoven, Professor, University of Maastricht
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Index
pp 231-246
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

Notes on contributors
pp ix-xii

Acknowledgements
pp xiii-xiv

1 - Philosophical introduction: case analysis in clinical ethics
pp 1-6

2 - Families and genetic testing: the case of Jane and Phyllis
pp 7-26

3 - Family access to shared genetic information: an analysis of the narrative
pp 27-44

4 - A virtue-ethics approach
pp 45-56

5 - Interpretation and dialogue in hermeneutic ethics
pp 57-76

6 - ‘Power, corruption and lies’: ethics and power
pp 77-94

7 - Reading the genes
pp 95-114

8 - A utilitarian approach
pp 115-132

9 - A feminist care-ethics approach to genetics
pp 133-148

10 - A conversational approach to the ethics of genetic testing
pp 149-164

11 - Families and genetic testing: the case of Jane and Phyllis from a four-principles perspective
pp 165-186

12 - A phenomenological approach to bioethics
pp 187-200

13 - An empirical approach
pp 201-212

14 - Response to ethical dissections of the case
pp 213-224

15 - Philosophical reflections
pp 225-230

Index
pp 231-246

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