A Companion to Bioethics 2e
Paperback Engels 2012 2e druk 9781444350845Samenvatting
This second edition of
A Companion to Bioethics, fully revised and updated to reflect the current issues and developments in the field, covers all the material that the reader needs to thoroughly grasp the ideas and debates involved in bioethics.
Thematically organized around an unparalleled range of issues, including discussion of the moral status of embryos and fetuses, new genetics, life and death, resource allocation, organ donations, AIDS, human and animal experimentation, health care, and teaching
Now includes new essays on currently controversial topics such as cloning and genetic enhancement
Topics are clearly and compellingly presented by internationally renowned bioethicists
A detailed index allows the reader to find terms and topics not listed in the titles of the essays themselves
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<p>Acknowledgments xiii</p>
<p>Part I Introduction 1</p>
<p>1 What Is Bioethics? A Historical Introduction 3<br /> Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer</p>
<p>Part II Questions About Bioethics 13</p>
<p>2 Ethical Theory and Bioethics 15<br /> James Rachels</p>
<p>3 Culture and Bioethics 24<br /> Segun Gbadegesin</p>
<p>4 Gender and Bioethics 36<br /> Jan Crosthwaite</p>
<p>5 Religion and Bioethics 46<br /> Eric Gregory</p>
<p>6 Law and Bioethics 56<br /> Wibren van der Burg</p>
<p>Part III Ethical Approaches 65</p>
<p>7 A Principle–based Approach 67<br /> James F. Childress</p>
<p>8 Exceptionless Rule Approaches 77<br /> Joseph Boyle</p>
<p>9 A Utilitarian Approach 85<br /> R. M. Hare</p>
<p>10 A Virtue Ethics Approach 91<br /> Justin Oakley</p>
<p>11 A Care Approach 105<br /> Rita C. Manning</p>
<p>12 A Case Approach 117<br /> John D. Arras</p>
<p>Part IV Before Birth: Issues Involving Embryos and Fetuses 127</p>
<p>13 Personhood 129<br /> Michael Tooley</p>
<p>14 Abortion 140<br /> Mary Anne Warren</p>
<p>15 Mother Fetus Conflict 149<br /> Bonnie Steinbock</p>
<p>Part V Issues In Reproduction 161</p>
<p>16 Population 163<br /> Margaret Pabst Battin</p>
<p>17 Assisted Reproduction, Prenatal Testing, and Sex Selection 178<br /> Laura M. Purdy</p>
<p>18 Cloning 193<br /> Gregory Pence</p>
<p>Part VI The New Genetics 205</p>
<p>19 Gene Therapy 207<br /> Ruth Chadwick</p>
<p>20 Genetic Enhancement 216<br /> Julian Savulescu</p>
<p>21 Creating and Patenting New Life Forms 235<br /> Nils Holtug</p>
<p>22 Genetic Counseling, Testing, and Screening 245<br /> Angus Clarke</p>
<p>Part VII Life and Death Issues 261</p>
<p>23 Medical Decisions at the End of Life 263<br /> Dan W. Brock</p>
<p>24 Severely Disabled Newborns 274<br /> Eike–Henner W. Kluge</p>
<p>25 Death, Brain Death, and Persistent Vegetative State 286<br /> Jeff McMahan</p>
<p>26 Advance Directives 299<br /> Alexander Morgan Capron</p>
<p>27 Voluntary Euthanasia, Suicide, and Physician–assisted Suicide 312<br /> Brian Stoffell</p>
<p>28 The Slippery Slope Argument 321<br /> Govert den Hartogh</p>
<p>Part VIII Resource Allocation 333</p>
<p>29 Deciding Between Patients 335<br /> John Harris</p>
<p>30 Society′s Allocation of Resources for Health 351<br /> Daniel Wikler and Sarah Marchand</p>
<p>31 Is There a Right to Health Care and, If So, What Does It Encompass? 362<br /> Norman Daniels</p>
<p>Part IX Organ Donations 373</p>
<p>32 A World of Transferable Parts 375<br /> Janet Radcliffe Richards</p>
<p>Part X Global Health–care Issues 391</p>
<p>33 Global Health Responsibilities 393<br /> Christopher Lowry and Udo Schüklenk</p>
<p>34 Developing World Challenges 404<br /> Udo Schüklenk, Michael Kottow, and Peter A. Sy</p>
<p>35 Global Pharmaceutical Markets 417<br /> Kevin Outterson and Donald W. Light</p>
<p>36 Infectious Disease 430<br /> Michael J. Selgelid</p>
<p>37 AIDS as a Global Health Emergency 441<br /> Udo Schüklenk</p>
<p>Part XI Experimentation With Humans and Animals 455</p>
<p>38 Research Involving Human Beings 457<br /> Florencia Luna and Ruth Macklin</p>
<p>39 Regulating Experimentation in Research and Medical Practice 469<br /> Paul Ulhas Macneill</p>
<p>40 Research Using Preimplantation Human Embryos 487<br /> Mary Warnock and Peter Braude</p>
<p>41 The Moral Status of Animals and Their Use As Experimental Subjects 495<br /> Bernard E. Rollin</p>
<p>PART XII Ethical Issues in the Practice of Health Care 511</p>
<p>42 Confidentiality 513<br /> Raanan Gillon and Daniel K. Sokol</p>
<p>43 Truth–telling 520<br /> Roger Higgs</p>
<p>44 Informed Consent and Patient Autonomy 530<br /> Robert Young</p>
<p>45 Patients Doubtfully Capable or Incapable of Consent 541<br /> Carl Elliott</p>
<p>46 Ethics in Nursing Practice 551<br /> Janet L. Storch</p>
<p>47 Global Trends in Nursing Ethics 563<br /> Verena Tschudin</p>
<p>Part XIII The Teaching and Practice of Bioethics 571</p>
<p>48 Ethics Committees and Ethics Consultants 573<br /> Jonathan D. Moreno</p>
<p>49 Teaching Ethics in the Health Professions 584<br /> Lynn Gillam</p>
<p>Index 594</p>
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