Harry L. Moore

The Adjudication of Utilitarianism and Rights in the Sphere of Health Care

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is a monograph on the moral and social implications of a utilitarian-based system of health care within the United States that recognizes and takes rights seriously. Issues such as what constitutes the good in health care, the definition of a "right" to health care, the adjudication of the theory of utilitarianism with the issue of rights, and the idea of the patient's responsibility in the context of utility and rights are critically examined. The primary intent of this book is to develop a theoretical and practical model that will address and adjudicate the internally coherent ethical theory of utilitarianism with the issue of rights while recognizing and supporting one's right to accept or reject the health care offered by such a system.

Produktdetails

• International Healthcare Ethics 4
• Verlag: Peter Lang
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 64933
• Neuausg.
• Seitenzahl: 137
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 160mm
• Gewicht: 330g
• ISBN-13: 9780820449333
• ISBN-10: 0820449334
• Artikelnr.: 24535655

Autorenporträt

The Author: Harry L. Moore is an ethicist and a philosopher who teaches and contributes to many clinical disciplines. A former hospital chaplain, Dr. Moore now serves as a faculty member at three universities in Oklahoma. In addition, he is a frequent speaker at local civic and professional groups on medical ethics, theoretical and applied ethics, and related topics. He is an active member of several professional organizations related to the disciplines of ethics and philosophy. He and his wife live in Norman, Oklahoma.

Rezensionen

"Harry L. Moore's book is a refreshing, new approach to the problem of mutual accommodation of rights and utilitarian perspectives in biomedical ethics. There is no avoidance of tough issues, and each is treated with a thoughtful, systematic vision of how a concept of community can inform and direct our thinking on those issues. An outstanding first book that should quickly become a topic of discussion in the biomedical ethics disciplines." (Richard A. Wright, Associate Vice President for Research, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo)
"This book is not what I expected - but it is what I wanted and what the field of biomedical ethics needs. So many philosophical and biomedical ethics tomes offer prescriptions from On High, applying principles and theories like so many Platonistic forms. Not this one: it comes out of what physicians call 'the trenches' of practice. Harry L. Moore, long a hospital chaplain and counselor, approaches ethical theory and method from the ground up.The position of utilitarianism from which he writes is grounded - rooted - in the context or sphere of biomedical practice. The theory is far more emergent than imposed. Dr. Moore works among and with his data like a seasoned applied anthropologist. He struggles with preserving and distributing the humaneness of medicine at a time of real and proclaimed scarcity. Dr. Moore makes me rethink the issue of social usefulness. I highly recommend this scholarly and accessible book." (Howard F. Stein, Medical and Psychoanalytic Anthropologist; Professor, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center; President High Plains Society for Applied Anthropology)
"This book is a well-informed, thoughtful look at one of the acquired ills of the current health care system in America. It will give amazing insight into many of the tough problems facing this system for nonmedical readers. For those currently in the medical field, it will solidify viewpoints and concerns held by many." (Paul L. Plusquellec, M.D., Internal Medicine, Norman, Oklahoma)