Bioethics : principles, issues, and cases /

Bioethics : principles, issues, and cases /

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Author / Creator:Vaughn, Lewis.
Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, c2013.
Description:xiii, 753 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Medical ethics.
Bioethics.
Bioethics.
Medical ethics.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8958908
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ISBN:9780199796236 (alk. paper)
0199796238 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • *=New to this edition
  • Chapters 3-10 include an "Applying Major Theories" section.
  • Chapters 3-11 include Cases for Evaluation..
  • Each Chapter includes Key Terms, a Summary, Further Reading, and Notes.
  • Preface
  • Part 1. Principles And Theories
  • Chapter 1. Moral Reasoning In Bioethics
  • Ethics and Bioethics
  • Ethics and the Moral Life In Depth: Morality and the Law
  • Moral Principles in Bioethics Autonomy
  • Beneficence
  • Utility
  • Justice
  • Ethical Relativism In Depth: Anthropology and Moral Diversity
  • Ethics and Religion
  • Moral Arguments Argument Fundamentals
  • Review: Valid and Invalid Argument Forms
  • In Depth: Fallacies in Moral Reasoning
  • Evaluating Premises
  • Assessing Whole Arguments
  • Chapter 2. Bioethics And Moral Theories
  • The Nature of Moral Theories
  • Influential Moral Theories Utilitarianism
  • In Depth: Utilitarianism and the Golden Rule
  • Kantian Ethics
  • Natural Law Theory
  • Rawls' Contract Theory
  • Virtue Ethics
  • In Depth: Can Virtue Be Taught?
  • The Ethics of Care
  • Feminist Ethics
  • Criteria for Judging Moral Theories Review: Evaluating Moral Theories: Criteria of Adequacy
  • Applying the Criteria Utilitarianism
  • Kant's Theory
  • READINGS:"Utilitarianism
  • "The Moral Law
  • "Virtue and the Moral Life
  • "The Ethics of Care," Virginia Held
  • Part 2. Medical Professional And Patient
  • Chapter 3. Paternalism And Patient Autonomy
  • Shades of Autonomy and Paternalism In Depth: The Hippocratic Oath
  • Refusing Treatment Legal Brief: Refusing Treatment for Children on Religious Grounds
  • Futile Treatment In Depth: CPR and DNR
  • Classic Case File: Elizabeth Bouvia In Depth: Moral Conflicts in Nursing
  • READINGS:"Paternalism
  • "The Refutation of Medical Paternalism
  • "Why Doctors Should Intervene
  • "Autonomy, Futility, and the Limits of Medicine
  • Bouvia v. Superior Court, California Court of Appeals
  • "Fundamental Elements of the
  • "In Defense of the Traditional Nurse
  • "Advocacy or Subservience for the Sake of Patients?"
  • Chapter 4. Truth-Telling And Confidentiality
  • Paternalism and Deception In Depth: Do Patients Want the Truth? Do Physicians Tell It?
  • Confidential Truths Legal Brief: Confidentiality and a Duty to Warn
  • Classic Case File: Carlos R.
  • READINGS: "Telling the Truth to Patients: A Clinical Ethics Exploration
  • "On Telling Patients the Truth
  • "On a Supposed Right to Lie from Altruistic Motives
  • "Respect for Patients, Physicians, and the Truth
  • "Why Privacy Is Important
  • "Confidentiality in Medicine--A Decrepit Concept
  • "Ethical Relativism in a Multicultural Society
  • Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California, Supreme Court of California
  • Chapter 5. Informed Consent
  • Autonomy and Consent
  • Conditions of Informed Consent In Depth: Two Views of Informed Consent
  • Important Informed Consent Cases
  • Classic Case File: Jerry Canterbury
  • READINGS: "The Concept of Informed Consent
  • "Informed Consent--Must It Remain a Fairy Tale?"
  • "Transparency: Informed Consent in Primary Care
  • "Informed Consent: Some Challenges to the Universal Validity of the Western Model
  • Canterbury v. Spence, United States Court of Appeals
  • Chapter 6. Human Research
  • The Science of Clinical Trials In Depth: The Tuskegee Tragedy
  • Beneficence, Science, and Placebos In Depth: Women in Clinical Trials
  • Science and Informed Consent In Depth: Why Enter a Clinical Trial?
  • Research on the Vulnerable
  • Classic Case File: The UCLA Schizophrenia Study
  • Readings: The Nuremberg Code
  • Declaration of Helsinki, World Medical Association
  • "The Belmont Report," National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research
  • "Final Report: Human Radiation Experiments," Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments
  • "Of Mice but Not Men: Problems of the Randomized Clinical Trial
  • "A Response to a Purported Ethical Difficulty with Randomized Clinical Trials
  • "How to Resolve an Ethical Dilemma Concerning Randomized Clinical Trials
  • "Racism and Research: The Case of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study
  • "The Ethics of Clinical Research in the Third World
  • "Ethical Issues in Clinical Trials in Developing Countries
  • Part 3. Life And Death
  • Chapter 7. Abortion
  • Starting Point: The Basics Fact File: U.S. Abortions
  • In Depth: Abortion and Public Opinion
  • The Legal Struggle
  • In Depth: Late-Term Abortion
  • Persons and Rights
  • Classic Case File
  • READINGS:"A Defense of Abortion
  • "Why Abortion Is Immoral
  • "An Almost Absolute Value in History
  • "On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion
  • "Abortion Decisions: Personal Morality
  • "Abortion and the Concept of a Person
  • "In Defense of Abortion and Infanticide
  • "Abortion Through a Feminist Ethic Lens
  • Planned Parenthood v. Casey, U.S. Supreme Court
  • Chapter 8. Reproductive Technology Fact File: Assisted Reproduction
  • In Vitro Fertilization In Depth: IVF and Children's Future Children
  • Surrogacy Legal Brief
  • Cloning In Depth: Cloning Time Line
  • Classic Case File: Baby M
  • READINGS:"IVF: The Simple Case
  • "IVF and Women's Interests: An Analysis of Feminist Concerns
  • "'Give Me Children or I Shall Die!' New Reproductive Technologies and Harm to Children
  • "Instruction on Respect for Human Life in Its Origin and on the Dignity of
  • "The Presumptive Primacy of Procreative Liberty
  • "Surrogate Mothering: Exploitation or Empowerment?
  • "On 'Surrogacy
  • Is Women's Labor a Commodity?
  • "The Wisdom of Repugnance
  • "Cloning Human Beings: An Assessment of the Ethical Issues Pro and Con
  • Opinion in the Matter of Baby M, New Jersey Supreme Court
  • Chapter 9. Genetic Choices
  • Genetic Testing In Depth: Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Tests
  • Genes and Genomes
  • Fact File: Genetic Tests
  • Gene Therapy In Depth: Recent Research in Gene Therapy
  • Stem Cells
  • Classic Case File: The Kingsburys
  • READINGS:"Implications of Prenatal Diagnosis for the Human Right to Life
  • "Genetics and Reproductive Risk: Can Having Children Be Immoral?
  • "The Morality of Screening for Disability
  • Genetic Dilemmas and the Child's Right to an Open Future
  • "Disowning Knowledge: Issues in Genetic Testing
  • "The Non-Identity Problem and Genetic Harms--the Case of Wrongful Handicaps
  • "Is Gene Therapy a Form of Eugenics?
  • "Genetic Enhancement
  • "Germ-Line Gene Therapy
  • "What Does 'Respect for Embryos' Mean in the Context of Stem Cell Research?
  • "Declaration on the Production and the Scientific and Therapeutic Use of Human
  • Chapter 10. Euthanasia & Physician-Assisted Suicide
  • Deciding Life and Death Legal Brief: Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: Major Developments
  • In Depth: Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: What Doctors Think and Do
  • Autonomy, Mercy, and Harm In Depth: Oregon's Death With Dignity Act
  • In Depth: Physician-Assisted Suicide and Public Opinion
  • Classic Case File: Nancy Cruzan
  • READINGS: "Death and Dignity: A Case of Individualized Decision Making
  • "Voluntary Active Euthanasia
  • "When Self-Determination Runs Amok
  • "When Abstract Moralizing Runs Amok
  • "Physician-Assisted Suicide: A Tragic View
  • "Active and Passive Euthanasia
  • "The Distinction Between Refusing Medical Treatment and Suicide," New York State Task Force on Life and the Law
  • "The Philosophers' Brief
  • Washington v. Glucksberg, U.S. Supreme Court
  • Part 4. Justice And Health Care
  • Chapter 11. Dividing Up Health Care Resources
  • Health Care in Trouble In Depth: Unequal Health Care for Minorities
  • Fact File: U.S. Health Care
  • Theories of Justice In Depth: Public Opinion: Obtaining Adequate Heath Care
  • A Right to Health Care
  • The Ethics of Rationing
  • Classic Case File: Christine deMeurers
  • READINGS:"Is There a Right to Health Care and, if So, What Does It Encompass?
  • "The Right to a Decent Minimum of Health Care
  • "Rights to Health Care, Social Justice, and Fairness in Health Care Allocations: Frustrations in the Face of Finitude
  • Health Care Reform: Lessons from Canada
  • "Rationing Fairly: Programmatic Considerations
  • "The Allocation of Exotic Medical Lifesaving Therapy
  • "QALYfying the Value of Life
  • "The Prostitute, the Playboy, and the Poet: Rationing Schemes for Organ Transplantation
  • Glossary
  • Index
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