Principles of Health Care EthicsRichard Edmund Ashcroft, Angus Dawson, Heather Draper, John McMillan John Wiley & Sons, 29 de jun. de 2007 - 864 páginas Edited by four leading members of the new generation of medical and healthcare ethicists working in the UK, respected worldwide for their work in medical ethics, Principles of Health Care Ethics, Second Edition is a standard resource for students, professionals, and academics wishing to understand current and future issues in healthcare ethics. With a distinguished international panel of contributors working at the leading edge of academia, this volume presents a comprehensive guide to the field, with state of the art introductions to the wide range of topics in modern healthcare ethics, from consent to human rights, from utilitarianism to feminism, from the doctor-patient relationship to xenotransplantation. This volume is the Second Edition of the highly successful work edited by Professor Raanan Gillon, Emeritus Professor of Medical Ethics at Imperial College London and former editor of the Journal of Medical Ethics, the leading journal in this field. Developments from the First Edition include: The focus on ‘Four Principles Method’ is relaxed to cover more different methods in health care ethics. More material on new medical technologies is included, the coverage of issues on the doctor/patient relationship is expanded, and material on ethics and public health is brought together into a new section. |
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... Genetic Counselling Angus Clarke Ethics and Psychotherapy: An Issue of Trust Tim Bond Mental Illness and Compulsory Treatment John R. McMillan Personality Disorders and Compulsory Detention Matt Matravers Labia mea, Domine: Media ...
... genetic potentials and liabilities–however unchosen by their bearers–are not society's responsibility and not to be corrected or compensated at the expense of those favoured by these inequalities. The health equity theme provokes the ...
... genetic diagnosis and embryo selection should be employed to produce the best children possible, both in terms of health and in terms of non-health-related traits and qualities, including intelligence. A keen champion of biomedical ...
... genetic selection requested by parents, as this respects their liberty and no persons are harmed. Scientists ought to be allowed to conduct human embryonic stem cell research, as persons are not harmed and symbolic concerns are ...
... genetic diagnosis or testing. This has been objected to by noting that the problems remain for the 'imperfect', and that the issue could be handled better by social inclusion and tolerance (Häyry, 2004b). Whatever the merits of this ...
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PART II Issues In Health Care Practice | 293 |
PART III Medicine In Society | 535 |
PART IV Research Ethics And Ethics Of New Technologies | 679 |
Index | 827 |
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