| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 538 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Information problems -- End of life care -- Pregnant women and children -- Genetics and biotechnology -- Research ethics -- Health systems and institutions -- Using clinical ethics to make an impact in healthcare -- Global health ethics -- Religious and cultural perspectives in bioethics -- Specialty bioethics. |
| Summary |
Medicine and health care generate many bioethical problems and dilemmas that are of great academic, professional and public interest. This comprehensive resource is designed as a succinct yet authoritative text and reference for clinicians, bioethicists, and advanced students seeking a better understanding of ethics problems in the clinical setting. Each chapter illustrates an ethical problem that might be encountered in everyday practice; defines the concepts at issue; examines their implications from the perspectives of ethics, law and policy; and then provides a practical resolution. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Bioethics.
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Biology -- Social aspects.
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Bioethical Issues.
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Bioethics.
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Ethics, Medical.
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| Added Author |
Singer, Peter A., 1960-
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Viens, A. M. (Adrian M.)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cambridge textbook of bioethics. New York ; Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2008 (OCoLC)413910612 |
| ISBN |
9780511375859 ebook |
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0511375859 ebook |
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9780521694438 |
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9780521872843 (hardback) |
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0521872847 (hardback) |
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0521694434 (pbk.) |
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