The virtuous psychiatrist : character ethics in psychiatric practice / Jennifer Radden, John Z. Sadler

Livre

Radden, Jennifer (1943-....). Auteur | Sadler, John Z. (1953-...). Auteur

Edité par Oxford University Press - 2010

La jaquette mentionne : "The context for this interdisciplinary work by a philosopher and a clinician is the psychiatric care provided to those with severe mental disorders. Such a setting makes distinctive moral demands on the very character of the practitioner, calling for special virtues and greater virtue than many other practice settings. In treatment so attentive to the patient's self-identity, Jennifer Radden and John Sadler promote a heightened awareness of cultural and particularly gender issues. By exploring the nature of the moral psychology and character of the good psychiatrist, this work provides a sustained application of virtue theory to clinical practice." "With its roots in Aristotelian writing, The Virtuous Psychiatrist presents virtue traits as habits, able to be cultivated and enhanced through practice. The book describes these traits, and how they can be habituated in clinical training. A turn towards virtue theory within philosophy during the last several decades has resulted in important research within moral philosophy. By approaching the ethics of psychiatric professionals in these virtue terms, Radden and Sadler provide an original application of this theorizing to practice." "Of interest to both theorists and practitioners, the book explores the tension between the model of enduring character implicit in virtue theory and the segmented personae of role-specific moral responses. Clinical examples are provided, based upon dramaturgical vignettes (case plays) which illustrate both the interactions of the case participants and the inner monologue of the clinician protagonist."

Psychiatric ethics as professional and biomedical ethics. The distinctiveness of the psychiatric setting. Psychiatric ethics as virtue ethics. Elements of a gender-sensitive ethics for psychiatry. Some virtues for psychiatrists. Character and social role. Case studies in psychiatric virtues.

Autres documents dans la collection «International perspectives in philosophy and psychiatry»

• Contient
• Sujet
• Description
• Oeuvre
• Notes