| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 622 pages) |
| Series |
Blackwell companions to philosophy ; 15 |
| Contents |
Part I. Introduction -- What is bioethics? A historical introduction / Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer -- Part II. Questions about bioethics -- Ethical theory and bioethics / James Rachels -- Culture and bioethics / Segun Gbadegesin -- Gender and bioethics / Jan Crosthwaite -- Religion and bioethics / Eric Gregory -- Law and bioethics / Wibren van der Burg -- Part III. Ethical approaches -- A principle-based approach / James F. Childress -- Exceptionless rule approaches / Joseph Boyle -- A utilitarian approach / R.M. Hare -- A virtue ethics approach / Justin Oakley -- A care approach / Rita C. Manning -- A case approach / John D. Arras -- Part IV. Before birth : Issues involving embryos and fetuses -- Personhood / Michael Tooley -- Abortion / Mary Anne Warren -- Mother-fetus conflict / Bonnie Steinbock -- Part V. Issues in reproduction -- Population / Margaret Pabst Battin -- Assisted reproduction, prenatal testing, and sex selection / Laura M. Purdy -- Cloning / Gregory Pence -- Part VI. New genetics -- Gene therapy / Ruth Chadwick -- Genetic enhancement / Julian Savulescu -- Creating and patenting new life forms / Nils Holtug -- Genetic counseling, testing, and screening / Angus Clarke -- Part VII. Life and death issues -- Medical decisions at the end of life / Dan W. Brock -- Severely disabled newborns / Eike-Henner W. Kluge -- Death, brain death, and persistent vegetative state / Jeff McMahan -- Advance directives / Alexander Morgan Capron -- Voluntary euthanasia, suicide, and physician-assisted suicide / Brian Stoffell -- The slippery slope argument / Govert den Hartogh -- Part VIII. Resource allocation -- Deciding between patients / John Harris -- Society's allocation of resources for health / Daniel Wikler and Sarah Marchand -- Is there a right to health care and, if so, what does it encompass? / Norman Daniels -- Part IX. Organ donations -- A world of transferable parts / Janet Radcliffe Richards -- Part X. Global health-care issues -- Global health responsibilities / Christopher Lowry and Udo Schüklenk -- Developing world challenges / Udo Schüklenk, Michael Kottow, and Peter A. Sy -- Global pharmaceutical markets / Kevin Outterson and Donald W. Light -- Infectious disease / Michael J. Selgelid -- AIDS as a global health emergency / Udo Schüklenk -- Part XI. Experimentation with humans and animals -- Research involving human beings / Florencia Luna and Ruth Macklin -- Regulating experimentation in research and medical practice / Paul Ulhas Macneill -- Research using preimplantation human embryos / Mary Warnock and Peter Braude -- The moral status of animals and their use as experimental subjects / Bernard E. Rollin -- Part XII. Ethical issues in the practice of health care -- Confidentiality / Raanan Gillon and Daniel K. Sokol -- Truth-telling / Roger Higgs -- Informed consent and patient autonomy / Robert Young -- Patients doubtfully capable or incapable of consent / Carl Elliott -- Ethics in nursing practice / Janet L. Storch -- Global trends in nursing ethics / Verena Tschudin -- Part XIII. Teaching and practice of bioethics -- Ethics committees and ethics consultants / Jonathan D. Moreno -- Teaching ethics in the health professions / Lynn Gillam |
| Summary |
Provides a good introduction to the whole of the discipline, from discussions about the relationship between bioethics and law, culture, gender, or religion, to a survey of the different approaches available in ethical theory. Helga Kuhse, Monash University, Australia. Peter Singer, Princeton University, USA |
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Bioethical Issues.
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Bioethics.
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Ethics, Medical.
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Bioethics.
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Medical ethics.
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Bioethics.
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Medical ethics.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kuhse, Helga.
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Singer, Peter, 1946- filosof.
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| ISBN |
1444345400 |
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9781444345407 |
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