Medical Ethics Education: An Interdisciplinary and Social Theoretical Perspective

✍ Scribed by Nathan Emmerich (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 121
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Ethics
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

There is a diversity of ‘ethical practices’ within medicine as an institutionalised profession as well as a need for ethical specialists both in practice as well as in institutionalised roles. This Brief offers a social perspective on medical ethics education. It discusses a range of concepts relevant to educational theory and thus provides a basic illumination of the subject. Recent research in the sociology of medical education and the social theory of Pierre Bourdieu are covered. In the end, the themes of Bourdieuan Social Theory, socio-cultural apprenticeships and the ‘characterological turn’ in medical education are draw together the context of medical ethics education. ​

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Some Relevant Concepts....Pages 1-20
Sociological Perspectives on Medical Education....Pages 21-39
Medical Ethics as an Aspect of Medical Education: A UK Perspective....Pages 41-58
Prof. W. G. Irwin: A Case Study in the Development of Medical Ethics Education in the UK....Pages 59-71
Medical Ethics Education from a Socio-Cultural Perspective....Pages 73-95
Conclusions....Pages 97-111

✦ Subjects

Medical Education; Ethics; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics