Experiments In Love and Death: Medicine, Postmodernism, Microethics and the Body

Experiments in Love and Death is about the depth and complexity of the ethical issues that arise in illness and medicine. ;;In his concept of ‘microethics’ Paul Komesaroff provides an alternative to the abstract debates about principles and consequences that have long dominated ethical thought. He shows how ethical decisions are everywhere- in small decisions, in facial expressions, in almost inconspicuous acts of recognition and trust.;;Through powerful descriptions of case studies and clear and concise explanations of contemporary philosophical theory the book brings discussions about ethics in medicine back to where they belong; to the level of the everyday experience where people actually live, suffer and hope. ;;A fresh and evocative look at the changing world of ethics as it applies to health and illness, this is an important book for all those touched by illness or suffering.