Bioethics beyond the headlines who lives? who dies? who decides? /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jonsen, Albert R.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2005]
Physical Description:
vi, 209 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects:
Medical ethics.
Bioethics.
Online Access:Table of contents -
Contents:
  • pt. I. Who lives? Who dies? Who decides? : an essay on ethics and bioethics
  • pt. II. Clinical bioethics
  • Topic 1. Defining death
  • Topic 2. Forgoing life support : the quality of life
  • Topic 3. Autonomy of the patient
  • Topic 4. Euthanasia
  • Topic 5. Organ transplantation
  • Topic 6. Assisted reproduction
  • Topic 7. Abortion
  • pt. III. Scientific bioethics : the search for benefit
  • Topic 8. Research with humans
  • Topic 9. Genetics
  • Topic 10. Neuroscience
  • Topic 11. Cloning and stem cell research
  • pt. IV. The wider world of bioethics
  • Topic 12. Bioethics and the health care system
  • Topic 13. Cultural bioethics
  • Topic 14. Animal ethics
  • Topic 15. Environmental ethics
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A. Précis of moral philosophy
  • Appendix B. Précis of history of medical ethics
  • Appendix C. The Frankenstein analogy
  • Glossary.

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