Truth, Trust and Medicine

ISBN-13: 9780415185486 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 184 str.

Jennifer Jackson

Opis

This text investigates the notion of trust and honesty in medicine and questions whether honesty and openness are of equal importance in maintaining the trust necessary in a doctor-patient relationship. The book begins with the assumption that doctors, nurses and counsellors have a basic duty to be worthy of the trust, their patients place in them. Yet, our definitions of what being trustworthy in the practices of modern medicine are confused and uncertain.

Recenzje

'Jackson has a keen eye for the nuances and variations between particular cases - which is extremely important in applied ethics. The book is very easy to read.' - Bioethics

Spis treści

Preface, Acknowledgements, 1. Truthfulness in medical and nursing practice, 2. Noble lies and therapeutic tricks, 3. Why truthfulness matters, 4. What truthfulness requires, 5. The teaching we need to preserve truthfulness, 6. Doctors and nurses as ‘caring pragmatists’, 7. Deceptions and concealments in medical and nursing practice, 8. Dishonesty in medical research, 9. Can doctors and nurses be ‘too honest’?, 10. Truth and trust: medical ethics today and any day, Notes, Bibliography, Index

O autorze

Jennifer Jackson is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Director of the Centre for Business and Professional Ethics at the University of Leeds, UK.