Bioethics: the basics

by Campbell, Alastair V.

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Title Statements

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

Summary

"Bioethics : The Basics 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 Concise, readable and authoritative, this is the ideal primer for anyone interested in the study of bioethics"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
Place of Publication:Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (x, 188 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781135130671, 1135130671, 9780203703960, 0203703960, 129963771X, 9781299637719
oclc:ocn854828160
LC Classification:R724
Dewey Decimal:174.2

What is Bioethics? History ; What about the law? ; Methods ; Applications. -- 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.

Subjects

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