Bioethics Healthcare and the Soul

This thought-provoking book explores the connections between health ethics and soul. It analyzes how and why the soul has been lost from scientific discourses healthcare practices and ethical discussions presenting suggestions for change. Arguing that the dominant scientific worldview has eradicated talk about the soul and presents an objective and technical approach to human life and its vulnerabilities Ten Have and Pegoraro look to rediscover identity humanity and meaning in healthcare and bioethics. Taking a mulitidisciplinary approach they investigate philosophical scientific historical cultural social religious economic and environmental perspectives as they journey toward a new global bioethics emphasizing the role of the moral imagination. Bioethics Healthcare and the Soul is an important read for students researchers and practitioners interested in bioethics and person-centred healthcare. . Language: English