Understanding Eating Disorders
Conceptual and Ethical Issues in the Treatment of Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa
Published on 25. August 2005
Book
Hardback
316 pages
978-0-19-926974-7 (ISBN)
Description
Simona Giordano presents the first full philosophical study of ethical issues in the treatment of anorexia and bulimia nervosa. Beginning with a comprehensive analysis of these conditions and an exploration of their complex causes, she then proceeds to address legal and ethical dilemmas such as a patient's refusal of life-saving treatment. Illustrated with many case-studies, Understanding Eating Disorders is an essential tool for anyone working with sufferers of these much misunderstood conditions, and for all those ethicists, lawyers, and medical practitioners engaged with the widely relevant issues they raise.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Medical practitioners, lawyers, ethicists, anyone working on eating disorders and their treatment
Illustrations
1 s/w Abbildung
1 black and white illustration
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
640 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-926974-7 (9780199269747)
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Simona Giordano
Understanding Eating Disorders
Conceptual and Ethical Issues in the Treatment of Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa
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11/2007
Oxford University Press
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Content
PART I: CLINICAL UNDERSTANDING OF EATING DISORDERS AND OF THE ETHICAL ISSUES INVOLVED ; 1. Eating Disorders: Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa ; 2. Paternalism vs Respect for Autonomy: the Case of the Eating Disordered Person ; 3. Is Pathological Behaviour Caused by Mental Illness? ; 4. Scientific Understanding of Eating Disorders ; PART II: EATING DISORDERS AND THE VALUE OF LIGHTNESS ; 5. Lightness and Eating Disorders ; 6. The Value of Lightness ; PART III: THE FAMILY AND SOCIETY OF THE PERSON WITH EATING DISORDERS ; 7. The Role of Expectations in the Genesis of Eating Disorders ; 8. The Society of the Person with Eating Disorders ; 9. Victims or Persecutors? The Moral Logic at the Heart of Eating Disorders ; 10. Familial and Social Causes of Eating Disorders: A Critique of the Systemic and Sociological Approaches to Eating Disorders ; PART IV: LEGAL ISSUES, AUTONOMY, AND END OF LIFE DECISIONS ; 11. Eating or Treating? Legal and Ethical Issues Surrounding Eating Disorders ; 12. Autonomy and Control in Eating Disorders ; 13. Anorexia Nervosa and Refusal of Life-Saving Interventions ; Conclusion: The Need for Change