Taking sides
Subtitle: Clashing views on bioethical issues
By: selected, edited, and with introductions by Carol Levine
Edition: 13th ed.
Series: McGraw-Hill contemporary learning series
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boston, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780073545660
Subjects: Medical ethics; Bioethics
Other titles: Clashing views on bioethical issues; Clashing views on controversial bioethical issues; Bioethical issues
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Is informed consent still central to medical ethics?; title: Should truth-telling depend on the patient's culture?; title: Does direct-to-consumer drug advertising enhance patient choice?; title: Have advance directives failed?; title: Do standard medical ethics apply in disaster conditions?; title: Should physicians be allowed to assist in patient suicide?; title: Should doctors be able to refuse demands for "futile" treatment?; title: Is abortion immoral?; title: Should a pregnant woman be punished for exposing her fetus to risk?; title: Should adolescents be allowed to make their own life-and-death decisions?; title: Is it ethical to use steroids and surgery to stunt disabled children's growth?; title: Should vaccination for HPV be mandated for teenage girls?; title: Is genetic enhancement an unacceptable use of technology?; title: Are experiments that combine animal and human genes ethical?; title: Should prisoners be allowed to participate in research?; title: Should new drugs be given to patients outside clinical trials?; title: Does military necessity override medical ethics?; title: Should performance-enhancing drugs be banned from sports?; title: Is it ethical to remove patients' hearts for transplantation immediately after cardiac death?; title: Should pharmacists be allowed to deny prescriptions on grounds of conscience?; title: Should public health override powers over individual liberty in combatting bioterrorism?