Community As Healing Pragmatist Ethics in

Starting from the insights of classical American pragmatism, this book argues for a higher notion of the relationship between individuals and their communities. This newly enriched notion supports a more participatory engagement between physicians and patients which takes ethical medicine to be a community of healing enjoyed by health care professionals and those they care for.

D. Micah Hester is assistant professor of biomedical ethics and humanities at Mercer University's School of Medicine in Macon, Georgia.

Preface

vii

Acknowledgments

ix

Abbreviations

xi

Medicine, Ethics, and Classic American Philosophy

1

(20)

Principles and Pragmatism: Negative Considerations for Positive Beginnings

21

(18)

Autonomy as Consent: An All-Too-Passive Concept

39

(8)

Self as Situated Social Product: The Functionality of Narratives

47

(20)

Community As Healing

67

(16)

Epilogue

83

(4)

References

87

(6)

Index

93

(14)

About the Author

107

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Community As Healing Pragmatist Ethics in Medical Encounters

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