The Cambridge textbook of bioethics / editor-in-chief, Peter A. Singer, executive editor, A. M. Viens.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Singer, Peter A., 1960-

Viens, A. M. (Adrian M.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bioethics.

Bioethical Issues.

Ethics, Medical.

Medical Subjects:

Bioethical Issues.

Bioethics.

Ethics, Medical.

Physical Description:

xvi, 538 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Other Title:

Bioethics

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Summary:

Medicine and healthcare generate many bioethical problems and dilemmas that are of great academic, professional, and public interest. This comprehensive resource is designed as a succinct yet authoritative text and reference for clinicians, researchers, bioethicists, and students seeking a better understanding of the ethical problems in the healthcare setting. Each chapter illustrates an ethical problem that might be encountered in everyday practice; defines the concepts at issue; examines their implications from the perspectives of ethics, law and policy; and then provides a practical resolution. There are ten key sections presenting the most vital topics and clinically relevant areas of modern bioethics. International, interdisciplinary authorship and cross-cultural orientation ensure suitability for a worldwide audience. This book will assist all clinicians in making well-reasoned and defensible decisions by developing their awareness of ethical considerations and teaching the analytical skills to deal with them effectively.

Contents:

Section I Information problems

2 Consent / John R. Williams 11

3 Capacity / Julie Chalmers 17

4 Disclosure / Lori d'Agincourt-Canning, Carolyn Johnston 24

5 Voluntariness / Mary Jane Dykeman, Kate Dewhirst 31

6 Truth telling / Philip C. Hebert, Barry Hoffmaster, Kathleen C. Glass 36

7 Confidentiality / Anne Slowther, Irwin Kleinman 43

Section II End of life care

8 Quality end of life care / Peter A. Singer, Neil MacDonald, James A. Tulsky 53

9 Substitute decision making / Robert A. Pearlman 58

10 Advance care planning / James A. Tulsky, Linda L. Emanuel, Douglas K. Martin, Peter A. Singer 65

11 Euthanasia and assisted suicide / Bernard M. Dickens, Joseph M. Boyle Jr., Linda Ganzini 72

12 Conflict in the healthcare setting at the end of life / Susan Dorr Goold, Brent C. Williams, Robert Arnold 78

13 Brain death / Sam D. Shemie, Neil Lazar, Bernard M. Dickens 85

Section III Pregnant women and children

14 Ethical dilemmas in the care of pregnant women: rethinking "maternal-fetal conflicts" / Francoise Baylis, Sanda Rodgers, David Young 97

15 Prenatal testing and newborn screening / Lainie Friedman Ross 104

16 Assisted reproduction / Roxanne Mykitiuk, Jeff Nisker 112

17 Respectful involvement of children in medical decision making / Nuala Kenny, Jocelyn Downie, Christine Harrison 121

18 Non-therapeutic pediatric interventions / David Benatar 127

19 Child abuse and neglect / Benjamin H. Levi 132

Section IV Genetics and biotechnology

20 Organ transplantation / Linda Wright, Kelley Ross, Abdallah S. Daar 145

21 Regenerative medicine / Heather L. Greenwood, Abdallah S. Daar 153

22 Genetic testing and screening / Ruth Chadwick 160

23 Bio-banking / Bartha Maria Knoppers, Madelaine Saginur 166

24 Behavioral genetics / Jason Scott Robert 174

Section V Research ethics

25 Research ethics / Eric M. Meslin, Bernard M. Dickens 187

26 Innovation in medical care: examples from surgery / Randi Zlotnik Shaul, Jacob C. Langer, Martin F. McKneally 194

27 Clinical trials / Richard E. Ashcroft, A. M. Viens 201

28 Epidemiological research / Richard E. Ashcroft 207

29 Clinical research and the physician-patient relationship: the dual roles of physician and researcher / Nancy M. P. King, Larry R. Churchill 214

30 Financial confict of interest in medical research / Trudo Lemmens, Lori Luther 222

31 Embryo and fetal research / Ronald M. Green 231

Section VI Health systems and institutions

32 Organizational ethics / Jennifer L. Gibson, Robert Sibbald, Eoin Connolly, Peter A. Singer 243

33 Priority setting / Douglas K. Martin, Jennifer L. Gibson, Peter A. Singer 251

34 Disclosure of medical error / Philip C. Hebert, Alex V. Levin, Gerald Robertson 257

35 Conflict of interest in education and patient care / Ann Sommerville 266

36 Public health ethics / Halley S. Faust, Ross Upshur 274

37 Emergency and disaster scenarios / Harvey Kayman, Howard Radest, Sally Webb 281

38 Rural healthcare ethics / William A. Nelson, Jared M. Schmidek 289

39 Community healthcare ethics / Kyle W. Anstey, Frank Wagner 299

Section VII Using clinical ethics to make an impact in healthcare

40 Clinical ethics and systems thinking / Susan K. MacRae, Ellen Fox, Anne Slowther 313

41 Innovative strategies to improve effectiveness in clinical ethics / Jennifer L. Gibson, M. Dianne Godkin, C. Shawn Tracy, Susan K. MacRae 322

42 Teaching bioethics to medical students and postgraduate trainees in the clinical setting / Martin F. McKneally, Peter A. Singer 329

Section VIII Global health ethics

43 Global health ethics and cross-cultural considerations in bioethics / Solomon R. Benatar 341

44 Physician participation in torture / Jerome Amir Singh 350

45 Access to medicines and the role of corporate social responsibility: the need to craft a global pharmaceutical system with integrity / Jillian Clare Cohen-Kohler, Patricia Illingworth 359

46 Global health and non-ideal justice / Gopal Sreenivasan 369

Section IX Religious and cultural perspectives in bioethics

47 Aboriginal bioethics / Jonathan H. Ellerby 383

48 Buddhist bioethics / Damien Keown 391

49 Chinese bioethics / Kerry W. Bowman, Edwin C. Hui 397

50 Hindu and Sikh bioethics / Harold Coward, Tejinder Sidhu 403

51 Islamic bioethics / Abdallah S. Daar, Tarif Bakdash, Ahmed B. Khitamy 408

52 Jehovah's Witness bioethics / Osamu Muramoto 416

53 Jewish bioethics / Gary Goldsand, Zahava R.S. Rosenberg-Yunger, Michael Gordon 424

54 Protestant bioethics / Merril Pauls, Roger C. Hutchinson 430

55 Roman Catholic bioethics / Hazel J. Markwell, Barry F. Brown 436

Section X Specialty bioethics

56 Surgical ethics / James Andrews, Larry Zaroff 447

57 Anesthesiology ethics / Gail A. Van Norman 454

58 Critical and intensive care ethics / Phillip D. Levin, Charles L. Sprung 462

59 Emergency and trauma medicine ethics / Arthur B. Sanders 469

60 Primary care ethics / Margaret Moon, Mark Hughes, Jeremy Sugarman 475

61 Infectious diseases ethics / Jay A. Jacobson 481

62 Psychiatric ethics / Sidney Bloch, Stephen A. Green 487

63 Neuroethics / Eric Racine, Judy Illes 495

64 Pharmacy ethics / Margaret L. Eaton 505

65 Alternative and complementary care ethics / Michael H. Cohen 513.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780521872843

0521872847

9780521694438

0521694434

OCLC:

171110406