Bioethics : principles, issues, and cases / Lewis Vaughn.
- 作者： Vaughn, Lewis.
- 出版： New York : Oxford University Press c2010.
- 主題： Medical ethics. , Bioethics , Bioethical Issues.
- ISBN： 9780195182828 (pbk) :: US$84.95 、 0195182820
- 書目註：Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- 系統號： 005174391 | 機讀編目格式
館藏資訊
Vaughn offers a hybrid of text, readings, and cases to fill a need left for a current, accessible introduction to the philosophical, medical, scientific, social, and legal aspects of key bioethics issues. It offers a balance between basic ethical theories and current controversies. Itscase-driven approach and a very robust set of pedagogical features introduce issues in a way that engages students in decision making. Hot topics include paternalism and patient autonomy, truth telling, informed consent, abortion, in vitro fertilization, cloning, impaired infants, embryonicstem-cell dilemmas, genetic engineering, euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, human and animal research, inequities in access to medical treatment, HIV/AIDS in Africa, and health-care costs.
內容註
Moral reasoning in bioethics -- Bioethics and moral theories -- Paternalism and patient autonomy -- Truth-telling and confidentiality -- Informed consent -- Human research -- Abortion -- Reproductive technology -- Genetic choices -- Euthanasia and physician assisted suicide -- Dividing up health car