Biomedical ethics reviews.
By: edited by James M. Humber and Robert F. Almeder.
Contributors: Humber, James M.; Almeder, Robert F.
Series: Biomedical ethics reviews -- 1983
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Clifton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
Subjects: Euthanasia -- Moral and ethical aspects.; Surrogate motherhood -- Moral and ethical aspects; Involuntary treatment -- Moral and ethical aspects; Medical ethics.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Table of contents: value: Euthanasia. On euthanasia / Robert Baker. The sanctity of life / James Rachels; value: Surrogate gestation. Surrogate gestation, law, and morality / Theodore M. Benditt. Surrogate motherhood: the ethical implications / Lisa H. Newton; value: The distribution of health care. Scarcity and basic medical care / Robert Almeder. Distributing health care: a case study / Nicholas Fotion; value: The involuntary committment and treatment of mentally ill persons. Involuntary committment and treatment of persons diagnosed as mentally ill / Richard T. Hull. Mental illness and crime / Robert L. Arrington; value: Patenting new life forms. Patenting new forms of life: are there any ethical issues? / L. B. Cebik. Ethical issues raised by the patenting of new forms of life / James Muyskens.