New Perspectives on Paternalism and Health Care

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Schramme, Thomas (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy, 35
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Ethics.; Medical ethics.; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics.

This work sets the stage regarding debates about paternalism and health care for years to come. The anthology is organized around four parts: i) The concept of paternalism and theoretical issues regarding the idea of anti-paternalism, ii) strategies for justifying different forms of paternalism, iii...