Buddhism and bioethics

by Keown, Damien

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Title Statements

Full title :Buddhism and bioethics / Damien Keown.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2001.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Palgrave
Place of Publication:Basingstoke
Language:eng
Publication Date:2001.

Notes

Reprinted with a new preface and minor alterations. - Originally published: Basingstoke : Macmillan, 1995.

The Physical Object

Description:xvi, 208 pages ; : 22 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0333912802, 9780333912805, 0333618580, 9780333618585, 0312126719, 9780312126711
oclc:ocm45991112
LC Classification:BJ1289
Dewey Decimal:294.3564957

1. Buddhism, Medicine and Ethics -- I. Buddhism and medicine -- II. Buddhism and ethics -- III. Doing Buddhist ethics -- IV. Humans, animals and persons -- V. Ethics and human good -- VI. A test case -- 2. At the Beginning of Life -- I. When does life begin? -- II. Reflections on the three conditions -- III. Embryo loss and twinning -- IV. Abortion -- V. Embryo research -- VI. Fertility control -- 3. At the End of Life -- I. Defining death -- II. Buddhism and death -- III. The persistent vegetative state -- IV. Euthanasia: early sources -- V. Euthanasia: modern views.