Bioethics: The Basics

Höfundur: Alastair Campbell (Útgáfa: 2)
Bioethics: The Basics

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Bioethics: The Basics is an introduction to the foundational principles, theories and issues in the study of medical and biological ethics. Readers are introduced to bioethics from the ground up before being invited to consider some of the most controversial but important questions facing us today. Topics addressed include: the range of moral theories underpinning bioethics arguments for the rights and wrongs of abortion, euthanasia and animal research health care ethics including the nature of the practitioner-patient relationship public policy ethics and the implications of global and public health ‘3 parents’, enhancement, incidental findings and nudge approaches in health care.

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Útgefandi
Taylor & Francis
ISBN
9781351818155
Print ISBN
9780415790314
Format
ePub
Útgáfa
2
Höfundar
Alastair Campbell
Tungumál
English
Útgefið
2017-07-14
Prent takmörkun á líftíma
100

Kaflar

  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Preface to the second edition
  • Abbreviations
  • 1 What is bioethics?
  • Introduction
  • History
  • What about the law?
  • Methods
  • Applications
  • How to use this book
  • Resources and further reading
  • 2 Moral theories
  • Introduction
  • Counting the consequences
  • Doing one’s duty
  • Being a good person – virtue ethics
  • Brotherhood and sisterhood – communitarianism
  • Live free or die – libertarianism
  • A balancing act – the four principles
  • Resources and further reading
  • Exercise
  • 3 Perspectives
  • Introduction
  • Gendered agendas – feminist approaches
  • To care or not to care?
  • Culture and religion
  • Conclusion
  • Resources and further reading
  • Exercises
  • 4 Clinical ethics
  • Introduction
  • The clinical relationship – a conspiracy against the laity?
  • Life before birth
  • Transplantation and regenerative medicine
  • Mental health
  • The end of life
  • After death
  • Conclusions
  • Resources and further reading
  • Exercises
  • 5 Research
  • Introduction
  • Research ethics
  • Research integrity
  • Research and the future
  • Conclusion
  • Resources and further reading
  • Exercises
  • 6 Justice
  • Introduction
  • Public health ethics
  • Fair access and the paradox of health care
  • Global inequity in health
  • Global survival
  • Resources and further reading
  • Exercises
  • Appendix
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Index