| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 297 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Issues in biomedical ethics |
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Issues in biomedical ethics.
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| Contents |
Eating disorders: anorexia and bulimia nervosa -- Paternalism vs respect for autonomy: the case of the eating disordered person -- Is pathological behaviour caused by mental illness? -- Scientific understanding of eating disorders -- Lightness and eating disorders -- The value of lightness -- The role of expectations in the genesis of eating disorders -- The society of the person with eating disorders -- Victims or persecutors? The moral logic at the heart of eating disorders -- Familial and social causes of eating disorders: a critique of the systemic and sociological approaches to eating disorders -- Eating or treating? Legal and ethical issues surrounding eating disorders -- Autonomy and control in eating disorders -- Anorexia nervosa and refusal of life-saving interventions |
| Summary |
Simona Giordano presents the first full philosophical study of ethical issues in the treatment of anorexia and bulimia nervosa. Beginning with a comprehensive analysis of these conditions and an exploration of their complex causes, she then proceeds to address legal and ethical dilemmas such as a patient's refusal of life-saving treatment. Illustrated with many case-studies, Understanding Eating Disorders is an essential tool for anyone working with sufferers of these much misunderstood conditions, and for all those ethicists, lawyers, and medical practitioners engaged with the widely relevant issues they raise |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-291) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Eating disorders.
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Eating disorders -- Treatment -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Eating disorders -- Patients -- Legal status, laws, etc
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Bulimia.
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Anorexia nervosa.
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Bulimia
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Anorexia Nervosa
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Anorexia Nervosa -- therapy
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Bulimia -- therapy
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Patient Care -- ethics
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Personal Autonomy
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Feeding and Eating Disorders
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MEDICAL -- Ethics.
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Bulimia
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Anorexia nervosa
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Eating disorders
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Eetstoornissen.
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Behandeling.
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Ethische aspecten.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191533518 |
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0191533513 |
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1423786734 |
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9781423786733 |
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0199269742 |
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9780199269747 |
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9780191603129 |
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0191603120 |
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