Contemporary issues in bioethics
By: edited by Tom L. Beauchamp & LeRoy Walters.
Contributors: Beauchamp, Tom L.; Walters, LeRoy.
Edition: 6th ed.
Publisher: Wadsworth--Thompson Learning
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Belmont, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 800
Subjects: Medical ethics.; Bioethics.; Bioethics.; Ethics, Medical.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: Pt. I. Introduction to ethics; Ch. 1. Ethical theory and bioethics; Pt. II. Justice and autonomy in health care; Ch. 2. Justice in access to health care; Ch. 3. Autonomy rights and medical information; Pt. III. Life and death; Ch. 4. End-of-life decisionmaking; Ch. 5. Abortion and maternal-fetal relations; Pt. IV. Biomedical research and technology; Ch. 6. Research involving human and animal subjects; Ch. 7. Eugenics and human genetics; Ch. 8. Reproductive technologies and human embryonic stem cell research; Pt. V. Public health; Ch. 9. The global AIDS epidemic and the threat of bioterrorism.