Barbara Maier

Die Autoren dieses Buchs haben sich zum Ziel gesetzt, Schwangere vorurteilsfrei über moderne Möglichkeiten des Gebärens und Entbunden-Werdens zu informieren. Angst vor einer schmerzvollen Geburt braucht heute keine Frau mehr zu haben, denn hilfreiche Maßnahmen aus der modernen Geburtshilfe sind jederzeit einsetzbar. So können sich Frauen mehr denn je auf ihr Geburtserleben konzentrieren. Empfehlenswert und hilfreich für die werdende Mutter ist es, sich frühzeitig ein realistisches Bild vom Ablauf der Geburt zu machen, geburtsvorbereitende Methoden und hilfreiche (medizinische) Maßnahmen während der Geburt zu kennenzulernen. Dies ist die Grundlage dafür, positiv und selbstbestimmt in das Erlebnis Geburt zu gehen.

This book challenges the unchallenged methods in medicine, such as "evidence-based medicine," which claim to be, but often are not, scientific. It completes medical care by adding the comprehensive humanistic perspectives and philosophy of medicine. No specific or absolute recommendations are given regarding medical treatment, moral approaches, or legal advice. Given rather is discussion about each issue involved and the strongest arguments indicated. Each argument is subject to further critical analysis. This is the same position as with any philosophical, medical or scientific view. The argument that decision-making in medicine is inadequate unless grounded on a philosophy of medicine is not meant to include all of philosophy and every philosopher. On the contrary, it includes only sound, practical and humanistic philosophy and philosophers who are creative and critical thinkers and who have concerned themselves with the topics relevant to medicine. These would be those philosophers who engage in practical philosophy, such as the pragmatists, humanists, naturalists, and ordinary-language philosophers. A new definition of our own philosophy of life emerges and it is necessary to have one. Good lifestyle no longer means just abstaining from cigarettes, alcohol and getting exercise. It also means living a holistic life, which includes all of one's thinking, personality and actions. This book also includes new ways of thinking. In this regard the "Metaphorical Method" is explained, used, and exemplified in depth, for example in the chapters on care, egoism and altruism, letting die, etc.

Ethik in der Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe setzt sich in ethischer Perspektive mit Schwangerschaft (von der Konzeption bis zur Geburt) im gynäkologisch-geburtshilflichen Setting am Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts auseinander. Fragen unserer Vorstellung von Mensch, Fortpflanzung und Geburt werden ebenso wie die moralischen Herausforderungen durch moderne Technologien (in Reproduktionsmedizin, Pränataldiagnostik und -therapie und Geburtsmedizin) behandelt. Praktische Zugänge werden durch Fallbeispiele zu allen berührten Themenkreisen vermittelt und können als Basis für einen lebendigen Austausch auch in Vorlesungen an Universitäten und Hebammenakademien wie Diskussionsrunden verwendet werden.

This book challenges the unchallenged methods in medicine, such as "evidence-based medicine," which claim to be, but often are not, scientific. It completes medical care by adding the comprehensive humanistic perspectives and philosophy of medicine. No specific or absolute recommendations are given regarding medical treatment, moral approaches, or legal advice. Given rather is discussion about each issue involved and the strongest arguments indicated. Each argument is subject to further critical analysis. This is the same position as with any philosophical, medical or scientific view. The argument that decision-making in medicine is inadequate unless grounded on a philosophy of medicine is not meant to include all of philosophy and every philosopher. On the contrary, it includes only sound, practical and humanistic philosophy and philosophers who are creative and critical thinkers and who have concerned themselves with the topics relevant to medicine. These would be those philosophers who engage in practical philosophy, such as the pragmatists, humanists, naturalists, and ordinary-language philosophers. A new definition of our own philosophy of life emerges and it is necessary to have one. Good lifestyle no longer means just abstaining from cigarettes, alcohol and getting exercise. It also means living a holistic life, which includes all of one's thinking, personality and actions. This book also includes new ways of thinking. In this regard the "Metaphorical Method" is explained, used, and exemplified in depth, for example in the chapters on care, egoism and altruism, letting die, etc.