The Way of Medicine: Ethics and the Healing Profession

Awards:   Winner of Catholic Media Association Book Award: Faith and Science 2022 (United States) Winner of Catholic Media Association Book Award: Faith and Science, Second Place 2022 (United States)
Author:   Farr Curlin ,  Christopher Tollefsen
Publisher:   University of Notre Dame Press
ISBN:  

9780268200862


Pages:   246
Publication Date:   15 August 2021
Format:   Paperback
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Our Price $79.20 Quantity:  
Add to Cart

Share |

The Way of Medicine: Ethics and the Healing Profession


Add your own review!

Awards

  • Winner of Catholic Media Association Book Award: Faith and Science 2022 (United States)
  • Winner of Catholic Media Association Book Award: Faith and Science, Second Place 2022 (United States)

Overview

Full Product Details

Author:   Farr Curlin ,  Christopher Tollefsen
Publisher:   University of Notre Dame Press
Imprint:   University of Notre Dame Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
ISBN:  

9780268200862


ISBN 10:   0268200866
Pages:   246
Publication Date:   15 August 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

Reviews

The Way of Medicine is a book that I wish I could put into the hands of all medical students and health care professionals. In a winsome and persuasive way, it places the disputed questions of contemporary medicine within the broader context of the profession of medicine whose goal is the health of patients, not merely fulfilling whatever desires the patients happen to have. -Christopher Kaczor, author of Disputes in Bioethics The Way of Medicine is a bold intervention into what has become commonplace in medicine: the physician as service provider, the physician as a mere cog in the wheel of social functioning. -Jeffrey P. Bishop, author of The Anticipatory Corpse


The Way of Medicine is a book that I wish I could put into the hands of all medical students and health care professionals. In a winsome and persuasive way, it places the disputed questions of contemporary medicine within the broader context of the profession of medicine whose goal is the health of patients, not merely fulfilling whatever desires the patients happen to have. -Christopher Kaczor, author of Disputes in Bioethics The Way of Medicine is a bold intervention into what has become commonplace in medicine: the physician as service provider, the physician as a mere cog in the wheel of social functioning. -Jeffrey P. Bishop, author of The Anticipatory Corpse This work is . . . engaging, offering a clear exhortation to reinsert common sense into medical practice. The book should be an inviting read for both experienced doctors and clinically naive students. -Choice In building from foundational considerations to a moral vision for medical practice, this book is a welcome addition to the literature on medical ethics. Curlin and Tollefsen articulate the philosophical underpinnings of the Way of Medicine both in contrast to and in conversation with major current thinkers across the spectrum of medical ethics traditions, with extensive references providing further commentary and citations for additional reading. --Family Medicine This short but highly insightful volume is a welcome addition to the literature onthe philosophy of medicine and ought to be recommended reading for both bioethicists interested in debates about morality in medicine as well as physicians seeking abetter understanding of their own professional vocation. -The New Bioethics We argue that the medical profession has neglected a question that anyone thinking about going into medicine must consider: what is medicine? The question is really about medicine's point: we understand what medicine is by understanding what it is for: what is its point, purpose, or end? -Farr Curlin and Christopher Tollefsen, The Pillar


"“The Way of Medicine is a book that I wish I could put into the hands of all medical students and health care professionals. In a winsome and persuasive way, it places the disputed questions of contemporary medicine within the broader context of the profession of medicine whose goal is the health of patients, not merely fulfilling whatever desires the patients happen to have.” —Christopher Kaczor, author of Disputes in Bioethics “The Way of Medicine is a bold intervention into what has become commonplace in medicine: the physician as service provider, the physician as a mere cog in the wheel of social functioning.” —Jeffrey P. Bishop, author of The Anticipatory Corpse ""This work is . . . engaging, offering a clear exhortation to reinsert common sense into medical practice. The book should be an inviting read for both experienced doctors and clinically naïve students."" —Choice In building from foundational considerations to a moral vision for medical practice, this book is a welcome addition to the literature on medical ethics. Curlin and Tollefsen articulate the philosophical underpinnings of the Way of Medicine both in contrast to and in conversation with major current thinkers across the spectrum of medical ethics traditions, with extensive references providing further commentary and citations for additional reading. —Family Medicine This short but highly insightful volume is a welcome addition to the literature onthe philosophy of medicine and ought to be recommended reading for both bioethicists interested in debates about morality in medicine as well as physicians seeking abetter understanding of their own professional vocation. —The New Bioethics We argue that the medical profession has neglected a question that anyone thinking about going into medicine must consider: what is medicine? The question is really about medicine’s point: we understand what medicine is by understanding what it is for: what is its point, purpose, or end? —Farr Curlin and Christopher Tollefsen, The Pillar ""The Way of Medicine offers an engaging account of an ancient approach to medicine that seeks to care for people through caring for their health. . . . In order to deepen the argument for adopting this approach, I hope that others will build on this project by more robustly articulating the moral and philosophical vision within which the Way of Medicine is at home."" —Public Discourse"


Author Information

Farr Curlin is Josiah C. Trent Professor of Medical Humanities at Duke University. He holds appointments in the School of Medicine; the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities and History of Medicine; the Divinity School; and the Kenan Institute for Ethics. Curlin has authored more than one hundred and thirty articles and book chapters on medicine and bioethics. Christopher Tollefsen is the College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Carolina. He is the author and editor of numerous books, including Embryo: A Defense of Human Life and Lying and Christian Ethics.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions
Latest Reading Guide

Aorrng

Shopping Cart
Your cart is empty
Shopping cart
Mailing List