Stories and Their Limits by Hilde Lindemann Nelson
Narratives have always played a prominent role in both bioethics and medicine; the fields have attracted much storytelling, ranging from great literature to humbler stories of sickness and personal histories. And all bioethicists work with cases--from court cases that shape policy matters to case studies that chronicle sickness. But how useful are these various narratives for sorting out moral matters? What kind of ethical work can stories do--and what are the limits to this work? The new essays in Stories and Their Limits offer insightful reflections on the relationship between narratives and ethics."a valuable collection.from distinguished philosophers who specialize in biomedical ethics." -- Ethics
"This collection is very illuminating, providing a rigorous methadological look at what narrative knowledge and literary skillfulness add to medical understanding and practiceReligious Studies Review."
"Stories and Their Limits should be required reading notonly for those working in the field of bioethics, but foranyone concerned with ethics in its philosophical ortheological mode." -- Stanley Hauerwas, Duke University
Hilde Lindemann Nelson is Director of the Center for Applied and Professional Ethics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is the co-author of The Patientin the Family (Routledge 1995) and Alzeimer's: Answers toHard Questions for Families (1996) and editor of Feminismand Families (Routledge 1997). She is also the co-editor of the Reflective Bioethics series.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780415919104 |
| ISBN 10 | 041591910X |
| Title | Stories and Their Limits |
| Author | Hilde Lindemann Nelson |
| Series | Reflective Bioethics |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 1997-10-03 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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