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What we talk about when we talk about pediatric suffering
In this paper I aim to show why pediatric suffering must be understood as a judgment or evaluation, rather than a mental state. To accomplish this...
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The Origin and Foundation of Medicine
This chapter covers the ontology of medicine. Medicine is not initially based on the concept of disease, but rather on actual or potential biological...
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Relational suffering and the moral authority of love and care
Suffering is a ubiquitous yet elusive concept in health care. In a field devoted to the pursuit of objective data, suffering is a phenomenon with...
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Clinical Interventions—Anthropological Approach to Advance Heart Failure and Ethical Challenges in Infective Endocarditis
This chapter delves into two major ethical dilemmas in the field of cardiovascular medicine. Firstly, it discusses the ethical challenges in...
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Suffering and the dilemmas of pediatric care: a response to Tyler Tate
In a recent article, Tyler Tate argues that the suffering of children — especially children with severe cognitive impairments — should be regarded as...
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Philosophical Investigations into the Essence of Pediatric Sufferring
Baby Esther (or Essie, as her parents have taken to calling her) is a prematurely born eight-day-old neonate with severe lissencephaly syndrome who...
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Ethical Dilemmas at the End of Life Addressing Goals of Care
This chapter examines the main components of addressing goals of care and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in critical care medicine. Firstly, it...
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Authenticity and physician-assisted suicide: a reply to Ahlzén
In a recent article in this journal, Rolf Ahlzén treats a moral problem related to physician-assisted suicide (PAS) and the notion of authenticity....
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The Clinical Encounter
What I will be doing in this opening chapter must not be confused with an empirical or historical study of the clinical encounter. I will rather rely...
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What we talk about when we talk about pediatric suffering
In this paper I aim to show why pediatric suffering must be understood as a judgment or evaluation, rather than a mental state. To accomplish this...
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Lost in Translation
The era of precision medicine and biomarkers is here. Medical science and research on biomarkers have made enormous improvements in medical care for...
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Death as “benefit” in the context of non-voluntary euthanasia
I offer a principled objection to arguments in favour of legalizing non-voluntary euthanasia on the basis of the principle of beneficence. The...
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Taking embodiment seriously in public policy and practice: adopting a procedural approach to health and welfare
It is a common refrain amongst phenomenologists, disability theorists, and feminist legal theorists that medical practice pays insufficient attention...
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The Ethics of Sedation at the End of Life
This chapter considers a number of ethical issues that are raised by sedation at the end of life (also known as palliative sedation or terminal...
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Models of Medical Clinical Practice: A Comparative Discussion of Secular and Religious Bioethics
This chapter discusses models of clinical practice through a comparative discussion of secular and religious bioethics and the various ways in...
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Relational suffering and the moral authority of love and care
Suffering is a ubiquitous yet elusive concept in health care. In a field devoted to the pursuit of objective data, suffering is a phenomenon with...
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To die well: the phenomenology of suffering and end of life ethics
The paper presents an account of suffering as a multi-level phenomenon based on concepts such as mood, being-in-the-world and core life value. This...
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Medicine’s metaphysical morass: how confusion about dualism threatens public health
What position on dualism does medicine require? Our understanding of that question has been dictated by holism, as defined by the biopsychosocial...