The Christian Virtues in Medical PracticeGeorgetown University Press, 1 abr 1996 - 176 páginas Christian health care professionals in our secular and pluralistic society often face uncertainty about the place religious faith holds in today's medical practice. Through an examination of a virtue-based ethics, this book proposes a theological view of medical ethics that helps the Christian physician reconcile faith, reason, and professional duty. Edmund D. Pellegrino and David C. Thomasma trace the history of virtue in moral thought, and they examine current debate about a virtue ethic's place in contemporary bioethics. Their proposal balances theological ethics, based on the virtues of faith, hope, and charity, with contemporary medical ethics, based on the principles of beneficence, justice, and autonomy. The result is a theory of clinical ethics that centers on the virtue of charity and is manifest in practical moral decisions. Using Christian bioethical principles, the authors address today's divisive issues in medicine. For health care providers and all those involved in the fields of ethics and religion, this volume shows how faith and reason can combine to create the best possible healing relationship between health care professional and patient. |
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CONCLUSION | 25 |
Christian Virtue Ethics | 29 |
THE INTERNAL MORALITY OF MEDICINE | 31 |
THE PHILOSOPHICAL STATUS OF A CHARITYBASED ETHIC | 32 |
Charity in Action Compassion and Caring | 84 |
SICKNESS IN TODAYS WORLD | 85 |
CHRISTIAN COMPASSION | 86 |
COMPASSION IN ACTION | 87 |
CHRISTIAN COMPASSION AND MEDICAL ETHICS | 88 |
COMPASSION AND THE HEALING COMMUNITY | 90 |
THE RELATION OF CARING AND CURING | 91 |
CARING AND COMPASSION? | 93 |
CONCLUSION | 38 |
NOTES | 39 |
The Virtue of Faith | 42 |
THE CHRISTIAN PHYSICIANHISTORICAL ORIGINS | 45 |
CHALLENGES TO THE HIPPOCRATICCHRISTIAN SYNTHESIS | 48 |
FAITHS INFLUENCE ON PRACTICE AND ETHICS | 51 |
NOTES | 54 |
Hope and Healing | 56 |
BECOMING ILL OR DISABLED | 58 |
HOPE ILLNESS DISEASE | 59 |
ENGENDERING HOPE | 60 |
RELIGION AND HOPE | 64 |
WHY ME? | 68 |
NOTES | 69 |
Charity The Ordering Principle of Christian Ethics | 72 |
WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES CHARITY MAKE? | 73 |
CHARITY AND THE PHYSICIANPATIENT RELATIONSHIP | 80 |
CONCLUSION | 81 |
NOTES | 82 |
CONCLUSION | 96 |
Prudential Judgment and Religious Commitment | 99 |
WHY INCLUDE RELIGIOUS COMMITMENTS IN ETHICAL DECISION MAKING? | 101 |
HOW DOES RELIGIOUS COMMITMENT SHAPE MORAL CHOICE? | 104 |
THE RELATIONSHIP OF FAITH AND REASON IN MEDICAL DECISIONS | 111 |
PERORATION | 115 |
The Christian Virtues and Autonomy Beneficence and Justice | 117 |
AUTONOMY AND CHARITY | 118 |
CHARITABLE JUSTICE | 127 |
CONCLUSION | 134 |
NOTES | 135 |
The Christian Personalist Physician | 139 |
EMBODIMENT OF VIRTUES AND PRINCIPLES | 140 |
CHRISTIAN PERSONALISM AND THE CHRISTIAN PHYSICIAN | 143 |
OBLIGATIONS TO RESPECT PERSONS IN THE DOCTORPATIENT RELATIONSHIP | 149 |
CONCLUSION | 153 |
NOTES | 154 |
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