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ISBN: | 9780199774364 0199774366 9780199737185 0199737185
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Digital file characteristics: | data file
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
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Summary: | Tom L. Beauchamp of Georgetown is one of the founding fathers of contemporary bioethics, and is particularly influential as one of the co-authors (with James Childress) of PRINCIPLES OF BIOMEDICAL ETHICS, first published by OUP over 25 years ago and a true cornerstone of contemporary bioethics. This volume is both an introductory textbook as well as a definitive expression of what is known as the dominant "principlist" approach which views bioethical reasoning developing out of four key principles: respect for autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence, and justice. This view has been hig.
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Other form: | Print version: Beauchamp, Tom L. Standing on principles. New York : Oxford University Press, 2010 9780199737185
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