Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology

Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology 10.3 (2003) 285-286

About the Authors

Eric Cassell has been a practicing internist for over 40 years. He retired from his busy private practice in 1998 and presently sees patients in consultation. He is an attending physician at The New York-Presbyterian Hospital and a Clinical Professor of Public Health at Weil Medical College of Cornell University. Doctor Cassell is a frequent guest lecturer and teacher throughout the world, speaking about medical education, the care of sick patients, the dying patient, and especially suffering. His most recent book is The Nature of Suffering (2d. ed., Oxford University Press, 2003). He can be reached at Box 40, Minisink Hills, PA 18341 or via e-mail at ecassell@ ericcassell.com.

Richard Gipps has a Ph.D. from the University of Warwick on the metapsychology of schizophrenia. He is an Associate Fellow of the Philosophy and Ethics of Mental Health Programme at the University of Warwick and an Honorary Research Worker at the Institute of Psychiatry. He also teaches philosophy at the University of Oxford. He can be reached at 14 King Edward Street, Oxford OX1 4HY or via e-mail at r.gipps@iop.kcl.ac.uk.

Walter Glannon is Assistant Professor at the Centre for Applied Ethics, University of British Columbia, and Clinical Ethicist at the Children's and Women's Health Centre of British Columbia. He can be reached at the Centre for Applied Ethics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z2, Canada or via e-mail at wglannon@cw.bc.ca.

Suzanne Jaeger (Ph.D. York University, 1998) is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy whose work develops the implications of Merleau-Ponty's philosophy of embodiment for both ethics and aesthetics. She is interested in the ethics of embodiment and has published articles on art dance practices, nursing and health care ethics, and the concept of presence. Her latest project is a book-length philosophical analysis of feminism and the aesthetics of ballet entitled Arabesques and Absolutes: Rethinking the Classicism of Classical Ballet. She can be reached at the Department of Philosophy, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32816-1352, USA or via e-mail at sjaeger@mail.ucf.edu.

Michael Loughlin is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Manchester Metropolitan University and author of Ethics, Management and Mythology—Rational Decision Making for Health Professionals. He can be reached at the Manchester Metropolitan University, Alsager Campus, Hassall Road, Alsager, Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 2HL or via e-mail at m.loughlin@mmu.ac.uk or mike.alison@mloughlin.fsworld.co.uk.

Richard Mullen, MRCPsych has a particular interest in delusions. He is a Senior Lecturer in Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, and consultant in adult psychiatry. He can be reached [End Page 285] at the Department of Psychological Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 913, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Neil Pickering (Ph.D. University of Wales, 2000) is a lecturer in bioethics in the Bioethics Centre at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. He has an interest in the nature and existence of mental illness. He can be reached at the Bioethics Centre, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 913, or via e-mail at neil.pickering@stonebow.otago.ac.nz.

Deborah Spitz, MD, is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Chicago. She was Director of Residency Training at Tufts-New England Medical Center until 2000, and recently returned from 3 years in Britain as a Consultant Psychiatrist in the NHS. She is interested in cross-cultural issues in psychiatry, issues of autonomy, and self-definition in patients with serious psychiatric disorders, and other areas of intersection between philosophy and the clinical practice of psychiatry and psychotherapy. She can be reached at the Department of Psychiatry, MC 3077, University of Chicago Hospitals, 5841 S. Maryland, Chicago IL 60637 or via e-mail at dspitz@yoda.bsd.uchicago.edu.

Stephen Tyreman (Ph.D. Open University, 2001) is Dean of Undergraduate Studies at the British School of Osteopathy in London. He is also senior lecturer in medical ethics...