Bioethics beyond the headlines : who lives? who dies? who decides? /
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| Author / Creator: | Jonsen, Albert R. |
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| Imprint: | Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2005. |
| Description: | vi, 209 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5780686 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I. Who Lives? Who Dies? Who Decides? An Essay on Ethics and Bioethics
- Part 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
- Part 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
- Part 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. Precis of Moral Philosophy
- Appendix B. Precis of History of Medical Ethics
- Appendix C. The Frankenstein Analogy
- Glossary
- Index
- About the Author
