Contemporary Issues in Biomedical Ethics
Not long ago, a colleague chided me for using the term "the biological revolution. " Like many others, I have employed it as an umbrella term to refer to the seemingly vast, rapidly-moving, and fre quently bewildering developments of contemporary biomedicine: psy chosurgery, genetic coun...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Totowa, NJ
Humana
1978, 1978
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1978 |
| Series: | Contemporary Issues in Biomedicine, Ethics, and Society
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I. Rights and Moral Decisions
- 1 Legalism and Medical Ethics
- 2 Comments on “Legalism and Medical Ethics”
- 3 The Moral Rights of the Terminally I11
- 4 Comments on “The Moral Rights of the Terminally I11”
- II. Issues in Genetics
- 5 On Getting “Genetic” Out of “Genetic Disease”
- 6 Protecting the Unconceived
- 7 Comments on “Protecting the Unconceived”: Butchers, Bakers, & Candlestick Makers
- 8 Sterilization, Privacy, and the Value of Reproduction
- 9 Comments on “Sterilization, Privacy, and the Value of Reproduction”
- 10 Reply to Buckner
- III. The Role of the Physician
- 11 Hippocrates Lost, A Professional Ethic Regained: Reflections on the Death of the Hippocratic Tradition
- 12 Comments on “Hippocrates Lost, A Professional Ethic Regained: Reflections on the Death of the Hippocratic Tradition”
- 13 Physicians as Body Mechanics
- 14 Physician as Body Mechanic—Patient as Scrap Metal: What’s Wrong with the Analogy
- 15 Internal or External Physician-Patient Relationships, A Response to Clements
- IV. Informed Consent and Paternalism
- 16 The Ethical Content of Legally Informed Consent
- 17 Comments on “The Ethical Content of Legally Informed Consent”
- 18 Involuntary Commitment of the Mentally 111: Some Moral Issues
- 19 Comments on Brock’s “Involuntary Commitment of the Mentally 111: Some Moral Issues”
- 20 On Paternalism and Health Care
- 21 Comments on “Paternalism and Health Care”
- V. Professional Responsibility
- 22 Teaching Compassion: Professional Education for Humane Care
- 23 Accountability in Health Care Practice: Ethical Implications for Nurses
- 24 Biomedical Developments and The Public Responsibility of Philosophy