New perspectives in health care ethics
Subtitle: an interdisciplinary and crosscultural approach
By: Rosemarie Tong.
Series: Basic ethics in action
Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780130613479
Subjects: Medical ethics.; Medical ethics -- Cross-cultural studies.; Ethics, Medical.; Bioethical Issues.; Delivery of Health Care -- ethics.
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Ethical theories and principles in health care; title: The health care professional-patient relationship; title: Biological givens or social constructions?; title: Biomedical and behavioral research; title: Abortion; title: Reproduction-assisting technologies: donor insemination, in vitro; title: Genetic screening, counseling, and therapy; title: Therapeutic cloning, reproductive cloning, and ectogenesis; title: The aging process and long-term health care; title: Euthanasia, assisted suicide, and palliative care; title: Organ transplantation: individual allocation decisions; title: Health care reform: social distribution decisions.