A companion to bioethics /
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Imprint: | Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. |
| Description: | xiii, 622 p. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Blackwell companions to philosophy ; 15 |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7892857 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Part I. Introduction
- 1. What Is Bioethics? A Historical Introduction
- Part II. Questions About Bioethics
- 2. Ethical Theory and Bioethics
- 3. Culture and Bioethics
- 4. Gender and Bioethics
- 5. Religion and Bioethics
- 6. Law and Bioethics
- Part III. Ethical Approaches
- 7. A Principle-based Approach
- 8. Exceptionless Rule Approaches
- 9. A Utilitarian Approach
- 10. A Virtue Ethics Approach
- 11. A Care Approach
- 12. A Case Approach
- Part IV. Before Birth: Issues Involving Embryos and Fetuses
- 13. Personhood
- 14. Abortion
- 15. Mother-Fetus Conflict
- Part V. Issues In Reproduction
- 16. Population
- 17. Assisted Reproduction, Prenatal Testing, and Sex Selection
- 18. Cloning
- Part VI. The New Genetics
- 19. Gene Therapy
- 20. Genetic Enhancement
- 21. Creating and Patenting New Life Forms
- 22. Genetic Counseling, Testing, and Screening
- Part VII. Life and Death Issues
- 23. Medical Decisions at the End of Life
- 24. Severely Disabled Newborns
- 25. Death, Brain Death, and Persistent Vegetative State
- 26. Advance Directives
- 27. Voluntary Euthanasia, Suicide, and Physician-assisted Suicide
- 28. The Slippery Slope Argument
- Part VIII. Resource Allocation
- 29. Deciding Between Patients
- 30. Society's Allocation of Resources for Health
- 31. Is There a Right to Health Care and, If So, What Does It Encompass?
- Part IX. Organ Donations
- 32. A World of Transferable Parts
- Part X. Global Health-care Issues
- 33. Global Health Responsibilities
- 34. Developing World Challenges
- 35. Global Pharmaceutical Markets
- 36. Infectious Disease
- 37. AIDS as a Global Health Emergency
- Part XI. Experimentation With Humans and Animals
- 38. Research Involving Human Beings
- 39. Regulating Experimentation in Research and Medical Practice
- 40. Research Using Preimplantation Human Embryos
- 41. The Moral Status of Animals and Their Use As Experimental Subjects
- Part XII. Ethical Issues in the Practice of Health Care
- 42. Confidentiality
- 43. Truth-telling
- 44. Informed Consent and Patient Autonomy
- 45. Patients Doubtfully Capable or Incapable of Consent
- 46. Ethics in Nursing Practice
- 47. Global Trends in Nursing Ethics
- Part XIII. The Teaching and Practice of Bioethics
- 48. Ethics Committees and Ethics Consultants
- 49. Teaching Ethics in the Health Professions
- Index
