Moral Theory and Medical Practice by K W M Fulford

Moral Theory and Medical Practice by K W M Fulford

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

K. W. M. (Bill) Fulford is Professor of Philosophy and Mental Health at the University of Warwick, and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at the University of Oxford. He is the founder and editor of the first international journal for philosophy and mental health, PPP: Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology. He has published widely on philosophical and ethical aspects of mental health, in particular Moral Theory and Medical Practice (1989).

Donna L Dickenson is John Ferguson Professor of Global Ethics at the University of Birmingham, UK, and Director of the Centre for the Study of Global Ethics, the first such institute in Britain. Her recent books include Property, Women and Politics (1997), In Two Minds: Case Studies in Psychiatric Ethics (with Bill Fulford, 2000), and The Cambridge Medical Ethics Workbook Ethics (with Michael Parker, 2001).

Thomas H. Murray is President of The Hastings Center in Garrison, New York. He is a founding editor of the journal Medical Humanities Review, author of The Worth of a Child (1996), and editor, with Maxwell J. Mehlman, of The Encyclopedia of Ethical, Legal and Policy Issues in Biotechnology (2000).

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ISBN 13	9780521388696
ISBN 10	0521388694
Title	Moral Theory and Medical Practice
Author	K W M Fulford
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	1990-02-01
Number of pages	336
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