Extending the Boundaries of Care: Medical Ethics and Caring Practices

The title of this book embraces a subject that is very topical in the field of health care. It is a collection of papers most of which were initially presented at the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women. All but one of the authors are women. The papers themselves are very disparate, covering...

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Auteur principal: Bradshaw, A. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Review
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: BMJ Publ. 2002
Dans: Journal of medical ethics
Année: 2002, Volume: 28, Numéro: 4, Pages: 278-279
Sujets non-standardisés:B Compte-rendu de lecture
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Résumé:The title of this book embraces a subject that is very topical in the field of health care. It is a collection of papers most of which were initially presented at the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women. All but one of the authors are women. The papers themselves are very disparate, covering diverse topics in a variety of ways. Subjects covered include a daughter’s story of her mother’s dying and death from undiagnosed Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease; the problems for parents raising triplets; issues arising from the Depo-Provera contraceptive debate; the nature of human rights in relation to medical care; disease prevention; methods of research in relation to HIV and men who have sex with men, and nurses’ moral/political voices as expressions of care. Each writer’s subject …
ISSN:1473-4257
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of medical ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1136/jme.28.4.278-b