Description
Chapter 2: Conflicted Consultants: Surveying the Canadian Context
Chapter 3: Scrutinizing the Standing of Principles: The Politics of Bioethics
Chapter 4: Ethics as Interpretation: Lessons from Legal Theory
Chapter 5: Professionalization for PHES: The Promise of a Practice Worth Wanting
Author: Ann M. Heesters
Publisher: Springer
Published: 10/11/2022
Pages: 117
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.38d
ISBN13: 9783031140341
ISBN10: 3031140346
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy
- Law | Medical Law & Legislation
- Medical | Administration
About the Author
Ann M Heesters is the Senior Director of Clinical and Organisational Ethics at the University Health Network and an Assistant Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health where she is a course co-director in the MHSc program at University of Toronto's Joint Centre for Bioethics. She has recently joined The Institute for Education Research (TIER) as a Clinical Investigator 2, and looks forward to forging exciting new relationships and reuniting with her old love, Education. Ann has practiced in the field of bioethics for more than twenty years and established ethics services in two Canadian provinces. Ann has an abiding interest professionalizing the work of health care ethicists and was a founding member of PHEEP (Practicing Healthcare Ethicists Exploring Professionalization) and an early director of CAPHE-ACESS (the Canadian Association of Practicing Healthcare Ethicists - Association canadienne des éthiciens en soins de santé). Ann is a student of Philosophy and generally endorses Ronald Dworkin's view that "Absolute confidence or clarity is the privilege of fools and fanatics."