Military medical ethics
By: specialty editors, Thomas E. Beam, Linette R. Sparacino ; section editors, Edmund D. Pellegrino, Anthony E. Hartle, Edmund G. Howe.
Contributors: Beam, Thomas E.; Sparacino, Linette R.
Series: Textbooks of military medicine
Publisher: Office of the Surgeon General, United States Army; Borden Institute, Walter Reed Army Medical Center; Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Falls Church, Va; Washington, DC; Bethesda, Md
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 868
Subjects: Medicine, Military -- Moral and ethical aspects.; Military ethics.; Medical ethics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Microfiche. Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O. 2004. microfiches : negative.
Table of contents: v. 1. Sect. I. Medical ethics. The moral foundations of the patient-physician relationship: the essence of medical ethics / Edmund D. Pellegrino; Theories of medical ethics: the philosphical structure / David C. Thomasma; Clinical ethics: the art of medicine / John Collins Harvey; The science behind the art: empirical research on medical ethics / Daniel P. Sulmasy; Sect. II. Military ethics. The profession of arms and the officer corps / Anthony E. Hartle; Honor, combat ethics, and military culture / Faris R. Kirkland; The military and its relationship to the society it serves / Nicholas G. Fotion; Just war doctrine and the international law of war / William V. O'Brien, Anthony C. Arend; The soldier and autonomy / Sandra L. Visser; Sect. III. The synthesis of medicine and the military. Physician-soldier: a moral profession / William Madden, Brian S. Carter; Physician-soldier: a moral dilemma? / Victor W. Sidel, Barry Levy; Mixed agency in military medicine: ethical roles in conflict / Edmund G. Howe; v. 2. Sect. IV. Medical ethics in the military. Medical ethics on the battlefield: the crucible of military medical ethics / Thomas E. Beam; Nazi medical ethics: ordinary doctors? / Robert N. Proctor; Nazi hypothermia research: should the data be used? / Robert S. Pozos; Japanese biomedical experimentation during the World-War-II era / Sheldon H. Harris; The Cold War and beyond: covert and deceptive American medical experimentation / Susan E. Lederer; Medical ethics in military biomedical research / Michael E. Frisina; The human volunteer in military biomedical research / Paul J. Amoroso, Lynn L. Wenger; Nursing ethics and the military / Janet R. Southby; Religious and cultural considerations in military healthcare / David M. DeDonato, Rick D. Mathis; Societal influences and the ethics of military healthcare / Jay Stanley; Military medicine in war: the Geneva Conventions today / Lewis C. Vollmar, Jr.; Military medicine in humanitarian missions / Joan T. Zajtchuk; Military humanitarian assistance: the pitfalls and promise of good intentions / Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, Robert L. Mott; A look toward the future / Thomas E. Beam, Edmund G. Howe; A proposed ethics for military medicine / Thomas E. Beam, Edmund G. Howe.