The Medical Act: Conscientious Practice in a World of Dissention and Disagreement
Series: The International Library of Bioethics; 114;
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Product details:
- Publisher Springer Nature Switzerland
- Date of Publication 12 October 2025
- Number of Volumes 1 pieces, Book
- ISBN 9783032000477
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages142 pages
- Size 235x155 mm
- Language English
- Illustrations XVIII, 142 p. 1 illus. 700
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Long description:
This book takes a step back from the usual debates over conscience in medicine and asks whether the conscientious practice of individual healthcare practitioners is coherent and acceptable on its own. This book argues in the affirmative and describes how we move forward in light of the deep moral and professional disagreement that exists. The book explains why the current framing within the debate is mistaken and offers an alternative framing. In so doing, the author discusses disagreement within healthcare professions, the distinction between conscience protectors and conscience dissenters, and how to properly understand the role of religious and personal philosophical reasons in practicing conscientiously. The book articulates the key confusion in much of the current debate – that disagreement over conscience in medicine is due to religious or personal philosophical beliefs – and rejects it. The book then, positively, argues that differing accounts of moral responsibility are at the root of this disagreement, opening up new avenues for dialogue and potentially fruitful collaborations. The book concludes with a much needed and basic discussion of what is going on when practical judgements are made in healthcare: the medical act. This book is of great interest to both advanced undergraduate and graduate students in philosophy, bioethics, and medicine, as well as researchers, physicians, and health professionals.
MoreTable of Contents:
Conscience Dissenters and Conscientious Practice.- Professional Disagreement.- Religion: The Red Herring, leading us away from Moral Responsibility.- Moral Responsibility: Why Conscientious Objection misses the mark.- The Medical Act.
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