Social science and bioethics

The Way Forward

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2265784
AutoresRaymond G De Vries (0000-0003-3087-3040, University of Michigan), Raymond De Vries, Leigh Turner (0000-0001-7283-6809, McGill University), Kristina Orfali (Institute for Social and Economic Research), Charles L Bosk (University of Pennsylvania), Charles Bosk
Ano2006
Volume28
Fascículo6
Páginas665-677
Data de publicação2006-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSociology of Health & Illness (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0141-9889 • E-ISSN: 1467-9566
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-9566.2006.00535.x
PMID17184411
OpenAlexW1562168983
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas15

It is no surprise that bioethics and sociology developed an adversarial relationship: bioethicists value the clear descriptions of ethically charged situations provided by social scientists, but doubt the ability of those trained in social science to logically derive and discern 'the good'. For their part, social scientists - experts in observing and collecting data about the way the world is- find bioethicists ignorant of the ways elegantly crafted solutions to ethical problems get altered when incarnated in varied social and cultural settings. This discipline-centred self-affirmation can be a satisfying exercise, but it offers nothing to the project of promoting more moral medicine and health care. The articles collected in this volume demonstrate the value of collaboration between social scientists and bioethicists. Focusing on four themes found in recent sociological research in bioethics - ethics of research, the creation of moral boundaries, bioethics and social policy, and the bioethical imagination - this anthology offers practical models of co-operative work where the strengths of each discipline are brought together to advance our understanding of bioethical issues and to show the way toward just and effective social policy

Bioethics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Health care · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Surprise · Value (mathematics · Ethics in medical practice · Law · Philosophy