Slow cures and bad philosophers : essays on Wittgenstein, medicine, and bioethics / edited by Carl Elliott.

Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2001.

x, 197 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : Treating bioethics / Carl Elliott -- Religion, superstition, and medicine / James C. Edwards -- Patient multiplicity, medical rituals, and good dying : some Wittgensteinian oberservations [sic] / Larry Churchill -- "Unlike calculating rules"? Clinical judgment, formalized decision making, and Wittgenstein / James Lindemann Nelson -- Wittgenstein's startling claim : consciousness and the persistent vegetative state / Grant Gillett -- Attitudes, souls, and persons : children with severe neurological impairment / Carl Elliott -- Why Wittgenstein's philosophy should not prevent us from taking animals seriously / David DeGrazia -- Injustice and animals / Cora Diamond -- Bioethics, wisdom, and expertise / Paul Johnston -- Wittgensteinian lessons on moral particularism / Margaret Olivia Little -- Wittgenstein : personality, philosophy, ethics / Knut Erik Tranöy.