| Description |
vii, 384 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Formulating a moral methodology. Ethical decision-making in the medical context -- pt. 2. Ethical issues at life's beginning. Abortion -- Assisted reproduction -- Caring for compromised newborns -- pt. 3. Moral responses to new technologies. Applications of genetic science -- Fetal tissue : tissue and transplants -- Artificially provided nutrition and hydration -- pt. 4. Ethical responses to sickness. HIV/AIDS -- Experimentation in medicine -- Organ retrieval and transplantation -- pt. 5. Ethical issues at the end of life. Advance directives -- Euthanasia -- Important distinctions -- pt. 6. Ethical issues for health care professionals. Paternalism and autonomy -- Professionalism in health care occupations -- pt. 7. Medicine and the common good. Roles of the courts, government and professional societies in biomedical ethics -- Providing health care in the United States -- Appendix : Continued reading and research on issues in medical ethics. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Medical ethics.
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| ISBN |
1556129173 |
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