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A Window Into Richard M. Zaner’s Clinical Ethics

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This essay introduces a thematic issue focused on the contributions to clinical ethics and the philosophy of medicine by Richard M. Zaner. We consider the apparent divorce of Zaner’s philosophical roots from his recent narrative immersions into the blooming, buzzing confusions of clinical-moral lifeworlds. Our considerations of the Zanerian context and origins of the clinical encounter introduce the fundamental questions faced by Zaner and his commentators in this issue, questions about the role of ethics consultants, moral authority, and clinical truths.

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  1. Department of Philosophy, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA

    Osborne P. Wiggins

  2. Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA

    John Z. Sadler

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Wiggins, O.P., Sadler, J.Z. A Window Into Richard M. Zaner’s Clinical Ethics. Theor Med Bioeth 26, 1–6 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11017-004-4801-7

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