Medical Ethics Education: An Interdisciplinary and Social Theoretical Perspective

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    Abstract

    There is a diversity of ethical practices within medicine as an institutionalised profession as well as a need for ethical specialists both in practice as well as in institutionalised roles. This Brief offers a social perspective on medical ethics education. It discusses a range of concepts relevant to educational theory and thus provides a basic illumination of the subject. Recent research in the sociology of medical education and the social theory of Pierre Bourdieu are covered. In the end, the themes of Bourdieuan Social Theory, socio-cultural apprenticeships and the characterological turn in medical education are draw together the context of medical ethics education
    Original languageEnglish
    Place of PublicationGermany
    PublisherSpringer International Publishing
    Number of pages111
    Volume22
    Edition1st
    ISBN (Print)9783319004846
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2013

    Publication series

    NameSpringerBriefs in Ethics

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