The Basics of Bioethics (2nd Edition)
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ISBN: 0130991619 / Publisher: Routledge, September 2002
An introductory textbook for short courses in schools of medicine, nursing, and other health professions; continuing education; undergraduate courses in philosophy, religion and the social sciences; and adult education. Updated from the 2000 edition to incorporate such innovations as human cloning, stem cells, and new regulation and legislation. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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This brief summary of the issues of biomedical ethics provides a balanced, systematic, unbiased framework designed to help health professionals an lay people understand and analyze a wide range of topics that are currently controversial in medicine or that are likely to arise in the future.Broad in scope, it considers ethical systems from various religious and secular traditions, including those of non-western cultures such as Asian religious and secular traditions. Topics include the history of codes of ethics; the definition of death, abortion, animal rights and welfare; problems in deciding what will benefit patients; confidentiality, truth-telling, informed consent; the care of the terminally ill; genetics, birth technologies; and problems of social ethics, including resource allocation, organ transplant, and human subjects research.For use in allied health fields.
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