Ethics and the metaphysics of medicine : reflections on health and beneficence / Kenneth A. Richman.

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2004], ©2004.

x, 222 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-216) and index.

The question of normativity -- A proposal : embedded instrumentalism -- Beneficence and recommendations for treatment -- Autonomy and parentalism -- Conclusion to part II [Health and ethics] -- Advance directives -- Talking to patients, training physicians -- Conclusion : what every doctor should know about metaphysics.