Bioethics: the basics

Bioethics: the basics

by Campbell, Alastair V.

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This is an introduction to the foundational principles, theories and issues in the study of medical and biological ethics. Readers are introduced to bioethics from the ground up before being invited to consider some of the most controversial but important questions facing us today. Topics addressed include: The range of moral theories underpinning bioethics, Arguments for the rights and wrongs of abortion, euthanasia and animal research, Healthcare ethics including the nature of the practitione…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Bioethics: the basics / Alastair V. Campbell.

Summary

This is an introduction to the foundational principles, theories and issues in the study of medical and biological ethics. Readers are introduced to bioethics from the ground up before being invited to consider some of the most controversial but important questions facing us today. Topics addressed include: The range of moral theories underpinning bioethics, Arguments for the rights and wrongs of abortion, euthanasia and animal research, Healthcare ethics including the nature of the practitioner-patient relationship, Public policy ethics and the implications of global and public health --Publisher information.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2013.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Routledge
  • Place of Publication:Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2013.

The Physical Object

  • Description:x, 188 pages ; : 22 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780415504096, 0415504090, 9780415504089, 0415504082
  • oclc:ocn827972688
  • LC Classification:R724
  • Dewey Decimal:174.2

Table of Contents

What is bioethics? : What is bioethics? ; History ; What about the law? ; Methods ; Applications ; How to use this book -- Moral theories : Counting the consequences ; Doing one's duty ; Being a good person: virtue ethics ; Brotherhood and sisterhood: communitarianism ; Live free or die: libertarianism; A balancing act: the four principles; -- Perspectives : Gendered agendas: feminist approaches ; To care or not to care? ; Culture and religion -- Clinical ethics : The clinical relationship: a conspiracy against the laity? ; Life before birth ; Transplantation and regenerative medicine ; Mental health ; The end of life ; After death -- Research : Research ethics ; Research integrity ; Research and the future -- Justice : Public health ethics ; Fair access and the paradox of health care ; Global inequity in health ; Global survival.

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Subjects

Bioethics Bioethik Bioéthique Biologisk etik Ethics, Medical Éthique médicale Médecine sociale Medical ethics Medicinsk etik MEDIZINISCHE ETHIK PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy Philosophy (General) Social medicine

Writers

Campbell, Alastair V.

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