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Philosophical challenges in teaching bioethics: the importance of professional medical ethics and its history for bioethics.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  12221500     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The papers in this number of the Journal originated in a session sponsored by the American Philosophical Association's Committee on Philosophy and Medicine in 1999. The four papers and two commentaries identify and address philosophical challenges of how we should understand and teach bioethics in the liberal arts and health professions settings. In the course of introducing the six papers, this article explores themes these papers raise, especially the relationship among professional medical ethics, the "long history" of medical ethics, and bioethics. The tendency of bioethics to deprofessionalize medical ethics is rejected, in favor of an historically informed professional medical ethics. It is suggested that bioethics should be critically reconsidered from the perspective of medical ethics as professional ethics.
Authors:
Laurence B McCullough
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of medicine and philosophy     Volume:  27     ISSN:  0360-5310     ISO Abbreviation:  J Med Philos     Publication Date:  2002 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2002-09-10     Completed Date:  2002-10-09     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7610512     Medline TA:  J Med Philos     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  395-402     Citation Subset:  E; IM    
Affiliation:
Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA. mccullou@bcm.tmc.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Bioethics*
Education, Medical*
Ethics, Medical*
Humans
Philosophy, Medical*
Teaching

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