Bioethics in the Clinic

Grant R. Gillett, M.B. Ch.B., D.Phil. is a professor of medical ethics at the University of Otago Medical School in Dunedin, New Zealand. He is the author of The Mind and Its Discontents: An Essay in Discursive Psychiatry, Consciousness and Intentionality, and Representation, Meaning, and Thought.

• Preface and Acknowledgments IntroductionPart I: FoundationsChapter 1. The Case of the Empty Head: Cultures, Values, and BioethicsChapter 2. Hippocrates' ChildrenChapter 3. What is Medical Truth?Part II: Clinical PracticeChapter 4. Getting over Informed ConsentChapter 5. Listening to the SilencesChapter 6. Surgeons, Patients, and Unnecessary Holes in the HeadChapter 7. When Good Doctors Do Bad ThingsChapter 8. Is AIDS the Postmodern Illness?Chapter 9. Healthy Bodies, the Medical Panopticon, and Alternative MedicinePart III: The Endings of LifeChapter 10. The Endings of LifeChapter 11. Ethics in LimboChapter 12. Euthanasia, the Pause, and the Last RightsPart IV: The Beginnings of Human LivesChapter 13. Ethics, Embryos, and Stem Cell ResearchChapter 14. Save the Life of My ChildChapter 15. Joanna May Revisited: The Cloning DebateEpilogue: Mildly Philosophical RemarksAppendix A. On MetaethicsAppendix B. Narrative MetaphysicsAppendix C. The Idea of a FormReferencesIndex

His choice of subjects is refreshingly eclectic, including some of the usual subjects, but also ones less often covered in bioethics books... it is both philosophical and practical... worthy of consideration. Bulletin of Medical Ethics 2004 The writing is accessible, and this book is useful for those who seek a practical approach to some of the more difficult issues in bioethics today. Doody's Book Review Service His lucid analysis strikes at the core normative issues of modern medical practice and paves the way for genuinely useful discussions among philosophers, physicians, and others interested in the future of medicine... Not only innovative but insightful. Choice 2005 This book comes highly recommended to all health practitioners, and especially... where standard care can have major ethical implications. -- Tony O'Brien, RN, M.Phil. Metapsychology 2006