Philosophical reflections on medical ethics /
Athanassoulis, N.editor.
This book provides a collection of original essays on cutting-edge topics in medical ethics research. Leading philosophers give in-depth accounts of issues as diverse as embryo pre-selection, the role of autonomy in organ transplant markets, conscientious objection in the health care professions and neonatal euthanasia. Provocative and original, the contributions to this volume will be of interest to academic, students and health care professionals alike.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on the Contributors; Introduction; 1 Benefit, Disability and the Non-Identity Problem; 2 'Designer Babies', Instrumentalisation and the Child's Right to an Open Future; 3 Why There is no Right to Know One's Genetic Origins; 4 Compromise and Moral Complicity in the Embryonic Stem Cell Debate; 5 Towards a Natural Law Critique of Genetic Engineering; 6 Autonomy, Inducements and Organ Sales; 7 The Role of Conscience in Medical Ethics; 8 The Treatment that Leaves Something to Luck; 9 Passive Death; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book provides a collection of original essays on cutting-edge topics in medical ethics research. Leading philosophers give in-depth accounts of issues as diverse as embryo pre-selection, the role of autonomy in organ transplant markets, conscientious objection in the health care professions and neonatal euthanasia. Provocative and original, the contributions to this volume will be of interest to academic, students and health care professionals alike.
Social medicine.
Nursing.
Ethics.
Medical ethics.
Medical Sociology.
Nursing.
Ethics.
Moral Philosophy.
Theory of Medicine/Bioethics.