| Description |
176 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Current controversies |
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Current controversies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-166) and index. |
| Summary |
As medical technology advances, doctors are faced with increasingly complex decisions about life and death. The authors in this anthology debate what principles should guide physicians' conduct in the following tentative chapters: What Ethics Should Guide Organ Donations? Are Reproductive Technologies Ethical? Is Human Cloning Ethical? Does Physician-Assisted Suicide Violate Medical Ethics? |
| Contents |
Prolonging life and death : an overview / Robert B. Mellert -- Physicians should not provide futile treatment / Nancy S. Jecker and Lawrence J. Schneiderman -- Physician-assisted suicide is consistent with medical ethics / Timothy E. Quill, Lonny J. Shavelson and Fred S. Marcus -- Physicians should be permitted to assist in suicide / Marcia Angell -- Physicians should not withhold lifesaving treatments / Wesley J. Smith -- Physician-assisted suicide violates medical ethics / Daniel Callahan -- Physicians should not be permitted to assist in suicide / Rita L. Marker -- The ethics of organ transplants : an overview / Karen K. Giuliano -- Animal-to-human transplants could save lives / David White, interviewed by Cory SerVaas -- Animal-to-human transplants are dangerous and unethical / Alan Berger and Gil Lamont -- Commerce in organs is ethical / Leonard Lu -- Commerce in organs is unethical / Stephen G. Post -- Commerce in organs could save lives / Pete du Pont -- Commerce in organs has led to human rights violations / David J. Rothman -- Reproductive technologies : an overview / Karen Wright -- Reproductive technologies are a valid medical treatment / Diane D. Aronson -- Reproductive technologies can be consistent with Christian beliefs / Elvonne Whitney -- Multiple births are an acceptable consequence of assisted reproduction / Marianne Moody Jennings -- Cloning can be an acceptable means of reproduction / James Q. Wilson -- Reproductive technologies are morally problematic / Jacqueline Laing -- Some reproductive technologies violate Christian beliefs / Daniel McConchie -- Multiple births are a harmful consequence of assisted reproduction / Ezekiel J. Emanuel -- Cloning is not an acceptable means of reproduction / Commonweal. |
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Stem cell research and human cloning : an overview / Gregg Easterbrook -- Research on human embryos is unethical / John J. Miller -- Research on human embryos can be ethical / Arthur Caplan -- Research into human cloning should be banned / William Keeler -- Research into human cloning should not be banned / Ronald Bailey. |
| Subject |
Medical ethics -- Miscellanea.
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Ethics, Medical. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004992
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Medical ethics. (OCoLC)fst01014081
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Medical ethics.
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Ethics.
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| Genre/Form |
Trivia and miscellanea. (OCoLC)fst01921748
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Trivia and miscellanea.
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| Added Author |
Torr, James D., 1974-
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| ISBN |
0737701447 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780737701449 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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0737701455 (lib. ; alk. paper) |
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9780737701456 (lib. ; alk. paper) |
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