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Biomedical Ethics Walter Glannon

Biomedical Ethics By Walter Glannon

Biomedical Ethics by Walter Glannon

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Presents ethical questions and arguments in six areas of biomedicine such as the patient-doctor relationship and genetics. Topics covered include issues such as doctors' duties to patients, and issues in scientific innovation such as cloning. This book is useful for courses in moral problems, introduction to ethics, and introduction to bioethics.

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Biomedical Ethics by Walter Glannon

Biomedical Ethics is a brief philosophical introduction to the most important ethical questions and arguments in six areas of biomedicine: the patient-doctor relationship; medical research on humans; reproductive rights and technologies; genetics; medical decisions at the end of life; and the allocation of scarce medical resources. The topics cover both perennial ethical issues in medicine, such as doctors' duties to patients, and recent and emerging ethical issues in scientific innovation, such as gene therapy and cloning. The scope of the book captures the historical, contemporary, and future-oriented flavor of these areas in a concise and accessible way, and is ideal for courses in contemporary moral problems, introduction to ethics, and introduction to bioethics.

Biomedical Ethics Reviews

As an introduction to the controversies and possible solutions in the field of biomedical ethics, this text is first rate. . . . The author carefully weaves a path through the debates and their presuppositions in order to reveal the foundations for choices that others have made or are making in contemporary society and theory. Glannon attempts to include all major current issues in this field and does a remarkable job.--Irene E. Harvey, Pennsylvania State University Glannon's clear and lively use of contemporary cases and policies in biomedical ethics will appeal to health care practitioners as well as to bioethicists. Most importantly, it will capture the interest of students who are routinely confronted with biomedical issues in their everyday personal and professional lives. Glannon will help readers set their moral compass straight enough to navigate the sometimes choppy waters of health care.--Rosemarie Tong, University of North Carolina, Charlotte A well-written and informative introduction to the topic of biomedical ethics. The author is familiar not only with the philosophical literature, but is also knowledgeable about the practice of medicine as it occurs today. A refreshing change from many of the current texts used in philosophy classes.--Scott Wilson, Wright State University Advance praise (first two quotes): Glannon's clear and lively use of contemporary cases and policies in biomedical ethics will appeal to health care practitioners as well as to bioethicists. Most important, it will capture the interest of students who are routinely confronted with biomedical issues in their everyday personal and professional lives. Glannon will help readers set their moral compass straight enough to navigate the sometimes choppy waters of health care.--Rosemarie Tong, University of North Carolina at Charlotte A well-written and informative introduction to the topic of biomedical ethics. The author is familiar not only with the philosophical literature, but is also knowledgeable about the practice of medicine as it occurs today. A refreshing change from many of the current texts used in philosophy classes.--Scott Wilson, Wright State University

About Walter Glannon

Walter Glannon is Canada Research Chair in Medical Bioethics and Ethical Theory at the University of Calgary, where he is Associate Professor in the Departments of Philosophy and Community Health Sciences.

Table of Contents

Each chapter opens with an Introduction and ends with a Conclusion and Selected Readings. Preface: 1. History and Theories The Need for Theories Consequentialism and Deontology Virtue Ethics and Feminist Ethics Communitarianism and Liberalism The Rejection of Theories: Casuistry and Cultural Relativism 2. The Patient-Doctor Relationship Informed Consent Therapeutic Privilege Confidentiality Cross-Cultural Relations What Sort of Doctors Do We Need? 3. Medical Research on Humans Design of Clinical Trials Equipoise, Randomization, and Placebos Problems with Consent Vulnerable Populations Protections and Justice 4. Reproductive Rights and Technologies Abortion The Moral Status of Embryos Surrogate Pregnancy Sex Selection Cloning 5. Genetics Genetic Testing and Screening Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis Gene Therapy Genetic Enhancement Eugenics 6. Medical Decisions at the End of Life Defining Death Withdrawing and Withholding Treatment Double Effect Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide Futility 7. Allocating Scarce Medical Resources Setting Priorities Quality-Adjusted Life-Years Age-Based Rationing Organ Transplantation Two-Tiered Health Care Index:

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CIN0195144317G
9780195144314
0195144317
Biomedical Ethics by Walter Glannon
Walter Glannon
Used - Good
Paperback
Oxford University Press Inc
20040722
192
N/A
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