Emerging Conceptual, Ethical and Policy Issues in Bionanotechnology
Fabrice Jotterand Editor 2008
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ARTIFICIAL NUTRITION AND HYDRATION
Edited by CHRISTOPHER TOLLEFSEN 2008 THE NEW CATHOLIC DEBATE Pope John Paul II surprised much of the medical world in 2004 with his strongly worded statement insisting that patients in a persistent vegetative state should be provided nutrition and hydration (John Paul II, 2004).While many Catholic bioethicists defended the Pope’s claim that the life of all human beings, […]
Continue reading →Islamic Bioethics: Problems and Perspectives
DARIUSCH ATIGHETCHI 2007
Continue reading →Case Studies in Ethics and HIV Research
Sana Loue Earl C. Pike 2007 This book represents the compilation of efforts by researchers across the country, each of whom is dedicated not only to the prevention and elimination of HIV infection, but also to the conduct of research according to the highest ethical principles. The authors of the case studies have graciously agreed to share their […]
Continue reading →BIOETHICS IN LAW
By Bethany J. Spielman 2007 The idea for Bioethics in Law began more than a decade ago, while I was studying social science and law. I was particularly interested in the collaborations that comprised social science in law.
Continue reading →Managing Care: A Shared Responsibility
By JOSEPH L. VERHEIJDE 2006 The goal of this book is to propose an alternative approach to address the problem of the exponential rise of health care costs, and, more importantly, to address the lingering dilemma of how to establish broadly agreed-upon fundamental guidelines by which health care can be managed in a manner that is more morally appropriate.
Continue reading →Bodily Integrity and the Politics of Circumcision
Edited by George C. Denniston, Pia Grassivaro Gallo, Frederick M. Hodges, Franco Viviani 2006 How is it possible that at the beginning of the twenty-first century it is still controversial to suggest that males and females should be allowed to keep all of the body parts with which they are born? Medical science is more advanced today than it has ever been […]
Continue reading →The Ethics of Screening in Health Care and Medicine
Niklas Juth · Christian Munthe 2012 Serving Society or Serving the Patient?
Continue reading →Doing Clinical Ethics
Daniel K. Sokol 2012 A Hands-on Guide for Clinicians and Others Dr. Sokol is a senior lecturer in medical ethics who, for some years, has studied and taught the subject at Imperial College London and other institutions. As a result, he has written an admirably short and clear guide to doing medical ethics, aimed at medical students and practising […]
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