Bioethics : principles, issues, and cases / Lewis Vaughn.

By:

Vaughn, Lewis [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, c2017Edition: Third editionDescription: xiii, 813 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:

9780190250102

Subject(s):

MEDICAL ETHICS

LOC classification:

R 724 .V38 2017

Contents:

Principles and theories -- Moral reasoning in bioethics -- Bioethics and moral theories -- Medical professional and patient -- Paternalism and patient autonomy -- Truth-telling and confidentiality -- Informed consent -- Human research -- Life and death -- Abortion -- Reproductive technology -- Genetic choices -- Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide -- Justice and health care -- Dividing up health care resources.

Summary: Bioethics: Principles, Issues, and Cases, Third Edition, explores the philosophical, medical, social, and legal aspects of key bioethical issues. Opening with a thorough introduction to ethics, bioethics, and moral reasoning, it then covers influential moral theories and the criteria for evaluating them. Integrating eighty-nine readings--twelve of them new to this edition--numerous classic bioethical cases, and abundant pedagogical tools, this text addresses the most provocative and controversial topics in bioethics.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bioethics: Principles, Issues, and Cases, Third Edition, explores the philosophical, medical, social, and legal aspects of key bioethical issues. Opening with a thorough introduction to ethics, bioethics, and moral reasoning, it then covers influential moral theories and the criteria for evaluating them. Integrating eighty-nine readings--twelve of them new to this edition--numerous classic bioethical cases, and abundant pedagogical tools, this text addresses the most provocative and controversial topics in bioethics.

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