297 pg, paper, '07

Every clinician who works in this field encounters ethical questions related to such topics as refusal of treatment, force-feeding, and mental competency to make decisions regarding treatment. In this book from the UK, Giordano presents all clinicians with pertinent philosophical studies on the ethical and legal issues in the treatment of anorexia and bulimia nervosa.

CONTENTS:

Part 1 – Scientific Understanding of Eating Disorders
2 – Paternalism v. Respect for Autonomy
3 – Is Pathological Behavior Caused by Mental Illness?
4 – Scientific Understanding of Eating Disorders

Part 2 – The Value of Lightness
5 – Lightness and Eating Disorders
6 – The Value of Lightness

Part 3 – Families, Society, and 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 – A Critique of the Systemic and Sociological Approaches to Eating Disorders

Part 4 – Law, Ethics, and Ending Lives
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
14 – Conclusions: The Need for Change

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Simona Giordano is a Senior Lecturer in Bioethics at the School of Law, University of Manchester.