A Critical Examination of Ethics in Health Care and Biomedical Research: Voices and Visions

by Richard Zaner

Book Overview

This book is a critical examination of certain basic issues and themes crucial to understanding how ethics currently interfaces with health care and biomedical research. Beginning with an overview of the field, it proceeds through a delineation of such key notions as trust and uncertainty, dialogue involving talk and listening, the vulnerability of the patient against the asymmetric power of the health professional, along with professional and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319382519
• ISBN13: 9783319382517
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 195 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"