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Boston : McGraw-Hill, 6th edition
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0072976446 / 9780072976441
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This best-selling anthology of readings with case studies provides insightful and comprehensive treatment of ethical issues in medicine. Appropriate for courses taught in philosophy departments as well as in schools of medicine and nursing, the collection covers provocative topics such as conflicts of interest in medicine, advance directives, physician-assisted suicide, and the rationing of health care. The text's effective pedagogical features include chapter introductions, argument sketches, explanations of medical terms, headnotes, and annotated bibliographies.
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CONTENTS:
Chapter 1: General Introduction
The Nature Of Biomedical Ethics
Recently Dominant Ethical Theories
The Principles Of Biomedical Ethics
Alternative Directions And Methods
Confronting Ethical Relativism
Fundamental Concepts And Principles
Chapter 2: The Physician Patient Relationship
Physicians Obligations And Virtues: Physician-Patient Models And Patient Autonomy
Truth Telling
Informed Consent
The Practice Of Medicine In A Multicultural Society
Contested Therapies Within The Physician-Patient Relationship
Conflict Of Interest, Problems Of Conscience, And Managed Care
Chapter 3: Hospitals, Nurses, Families, And Medical Confidentiality
Professional Statements
The Role And Responsibilities Of Nurses
Families And Medical Decision Making
Confidentiality
Chapter 4: Human And Animal Research
Ethical Codes
Research Involving Vulnerable Populations
Experimental Design And Randomized Clinical Trials
Clinical Trials In Developing Countries
Animal Research
Chapter 5: Death And Decisions Regarding Life-Sustaining Treatment
The Definition And Determination Of Death
Competent Adult And The Refusal Of Life-Sustaining Treatment
DNR Orders And Medical Futility
Advance Directives And Treatment Decisions For Incompetent Adults
The Treatment Of Impaired Infants
Chapter 6: Suicide, Physician-Assisted Suicide, And Active Euthanasia: The Mortality Of Suicide
The Mortality Of Active Euthanasia
The Supreme Court, Physician-Assisted Suicide, And Terminal Sedation
Physician Assisted Suicide, Active Euthanasia, And Social Policy
Chapter 7: Abortion And Research On Embryonic Stem Cells
The Morality Of Abortion
Abortion And Social Policy
Research On Embryonic Stem Cells
Chapter 8: Genetics And Human Reproduction
Reproductive Risk, Prenatal Diagnosis, And Selective Abortion
Reproductive, Reproductive Technologies
Gamete Donation And Surrogacy
Human Cloning
Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis
Gene Therapy
Genetic Enhancement
Chapter 9: Social Justice And Healthcare Policy
Justice, Rights, And Societal Obligations
Rationing, Managed Care, And Healthcare Reform In The United States
International Models And Perspectives.
Chapter 1: General Introduction
The Nature Of Biomedical Ethics
Recently Dominant Ethical Theories
The Principles Of Biomedical Ethics
Alternative Directions And Methods
Confronting Ethical Relativism
Fundamental Concepts And Principles
Chapter 2: The Physician Patient Relationship
Physicians Obligations And Virtues: Physician-Patient Models And Patient Autonomy
Truth Telling
Informed Consent
The Practice Of Medicine In A Multicultural Society
Contested Therapies Within The Physician-Patient Relationship
Conflict Of Interest, Problems Of Conscience, And Managed Care
Chapter 3: Hospitals, Nurses, Families, And Medical Confidentiality
Professional Statements
The Role And Responsibilities Of Nurses
Families And Medical Decision Making
Confidentiality
Chapter 4: Human And Animal Research
Ethical Codes
Research Involving Vulnerable Populations
Experimental Design And Randomized Clinical Trials
Clinical Trials In Developing Countries
Animal Research
Chapter 5: Death And Decisions Regarding Life-Sustaining Treatment
The Definition And Determination Of Death
Competent Adult And The Refusal Of Life-Sustaining Treatment
DNR Orders And Medical Futility
Advance Directives And Treatment Decisions For Incompetent Adults
The Treatment Of Impaired Infants
Chapter 6: Suicide, Physician-Assisted Suicide, And Active Euthanasia: The Mortality Of Suicide
The Mortality Of Active Euthanasia
The Supreme Court, Physician-Assisted Suicide, And Terminal Sedation
Physician Assisted Suicide, Active Euthanasia, And Social Policy
Chapter 7: Abortion And Research On Embryonic Stem Cells
The Morality Of Abortion
Abortion And Social Policy
Research On Embryonic Stem Cells
Chapter 8: Genetics And Human Reproduction
Reproductive Risk, Prenatal Diagnosis, And Selective Abortion
Reproductive, Reproductive Technologies
Gamete Donation And Surrogacy
Human Cloning
Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis
Gene Therapy
Genetic Enhancement
Chapter 9: Social Justice And Healthcare Policy
Justice, Rights, And Societal Obligations
Rationing, Managed Care, And Healthcare Reform In The United States
International Models And Perspectives.
Other editions
Biomedical Ethics by Thomas A. Mappes (Paper Book)