Contemporary debates in bioethics

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This volume features a collection of arguments contributed by many of today's top bioethics scholars, focusing on core bioethical concerns of the twenty-first century. Written in a debate-style format for accessibility to non-specialists, it features general introductions to each topic that precede scholarly debates, and presents the latest, cutting-edge thoughts on relevant bioethics ideas, arguments, and debates. -- From publisher's website.

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Full title :Contemporary debates in bioethics / edited by Arthur L. Caplan, Robert Arp.

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Publication Date:2014.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons)
Place of Publication:Chichester, West Sussex
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (535 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781118328484, 1118328485, 1299712517, 9781299712515, 9781118328477, 1118328477
oclc:ocn851695600
LC Classification:R724
Dewey Decimal:174.2

Are there universal ethical principles that should govern the conduct of medicine and research worldwide? -- Is it morally acceptable to buy and sell organs for human transplantation? -- Were it physically safe, would human reproductive cloning be acceptable? -- Is the deliberately induced abortion of a human pregnancy ethically justifiable? -- Is it ethical to patent or copyright genes, embryos, or their parts? -- Should a child have the right to refuse medical treatment to which the child's parents or guardians have consented? -- Is physician-assisted suicide ever ethical? -- Should stem cell research utilizing embryonic tissue be conducted? -- Should we prohibit the use of chimpanzees and other great apes in biomedical research? -- Should the United States of America adopt universal health care? -- Is there a legitimate place for human genetic enhancement? -- Can there be agreement as to what constitutes human death? -- Is there ever a circumstance in which a doctor may withhold information? -- Should in vitro fertilization be an option for a woman? -- Are international clinical trials exploitative?

Subjects

Bioethical Issues Bioethics Bioéthique Biomedical Research -- ethics Ethics, Medical Éthique médicale Genetic Enhancement -- ethics Medical ethics Patient Rights -- ethics Reproductive Techniques -- ethics