Biomedical EthicsThomas A. Mappes, David DeGrazia This best-selling anthology of readings with case studies provides insightful and comprehensive treatment of ethical issues in medicine. Appropriate for courses taught in philosophy departments as well as in schools of medicine and nursing, the collection covers provocative topics such as conflicts of interest in medicine, advance directives, physician-assisted suicide, and the rationing of health care. The text's effective pedagogical features include chapter introductions, argument sketches, explanations of medical terms, headnotes, and annotated bibliographies. |
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Page 259
... acceptable , then random as- signment is ethically acceptable , but such lack of en- thusiasm for the new treatment does not augur well for either the patient or the study . Alternatively , the treatment may show promise of beneficial ...
... acceptable , then random as- signment is ethically acceptable , but such lack of en- thusiasm for the new treatment does not augur well for either the patient or the study . Alternatively , the treatment may show promise of beneficial ...
Page 308
... acceptable to allow a severely impaired newborn to die if and only if death would be in the infant's best interests — that is , if and only if the infant would be bet- ter off dead . Defenders of this view are firmly committed to so ...
... acceptable to allow a severely impaired newborn to die if and only if death would be in the infant's best interests — that is , if and only if the infant would be bet- ter off dead . Defenders of this view are firmly committed to so ...
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... acceptable ? Some hold that abortion is never ethically acceptable , or at most that it is acceptable only when necessary to save the life of the pregnant woman . This view is frequently termed the conservative view on abortion . Others ...
... acceptable ? Some hold that abortion is never ethically acceptable , or at most that it is acceptable only when necessary to save the life of the pregnant woman . This view is frequently termed the conservative view on abortion . Others ...
Contents
THE PHYSICIANPATIENT RELATIONSHIP | 59 |
Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs American Medical Association | 71 |
Terrence F Ackerman Why Doctors Should Intervene | 85 |
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References to this book
Bioética: estudios de bioética racional Marciano Vidal García,Marciano Vidal No preview available - 1989 |