Moral Theory and Medical Practice

K W M Fulford author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:1st Feb '90

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A new approach to medical practice, drawing on the words philosophy and psychopathology.

In this unique study, Dr Fulford combines the disciplines of rigorous philosophy with an intimate knowledge of psychopathology to overturn traditional hegemonies. The patient replaces the doctor at the heart of medicine. Moral theory and the logic of evaluation replace epistemology as the focus of philosophical enquiry and new insights are brought to traditional dilemmas.In this unique study Fulford combines the disciplines of rigorous philosophy with an intimate knowledge of psychopathology to overturn traditional hegemonies. The patient replaces the doctor at the heart of medicine. Moral theory and the logic of evaluation replace epistemology as the focus of philosophical enquiry. Ever controversial, mental illness is at the interface of philosophy and medicine. Mad or bad? Dissident or diseased? Dr Fulford shows that it is possible to achieve new insights into these traditional dilemmas, insights at once practically relevant and philosophically significant.

'When it comes to thinking about the purpose and practice of medicine, Dr Fulford has something really new to say and a potentially revolutionary approach.' British Medical Journal
'Fulford has shown that there are questions of great philosophical interest here … he has provided a starting point for a philosophical discussion which philosophers ought to take up with enthusiasm.' Philosophical Books
'… brilliantly developed study … exhaustive approach … Dr Fulford has shown us that morality in medicine is no mere gesture but a practical and contemporary necessity.' Hospital Doctor

ISBN: 9780521388696

Dimensions: 217mm x 141mm x 22mm

Weight: 475g

336 pages