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Taking sides. Clashing views on bioethical issues / selected, edited, and with introductions by Carol Levine.
Holman Biotech Commons R724 .T34 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Taking sides
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bioethics.
- Ethics, Medical.
- Medical ethics.
- Medical Subjects:
- Bioethics.
- Ethics, Medical.
- Physical Description:
- xxx, 362 pages ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- Fourteenth edition.
- Other Title:
- Clashing views on bioethical issues
- Bioethical issues
- Place of Publication:
- New York : McGraw-Hill, [2012]
- Contents:
- 1. Medical decision making
- Is informed consent still central to medical ethics?
- Should truth-telling depend on the patient's culture?
- Does direct-to-consumer drug advertising enhance patient choice
- 2. End-of-life dilemmas
- Have advance directives failed?
- Is "palliative sedation" ethically different from active euthanasia?
- Should physicians be allowed to assist in patient suicide?
- 3. Choices in reproduction
- Is abortion immoral?
- Should a pregnant woman be punished for exposing her fetus to risk?
- 4. Children, adolescents, and bioethics
- Should adolescents be allowed to make their own life-and-death decisions?
- Is it ethical to use steroids and surgery to stunt disabled children's growth?
- Should vaccination for HPV be mandated for teenage girls?
- 5. Genetics
- Is genetic enhancement an unacceptable use of technology?
- Do the potential benefits of synthetic biology outweigh the possible risks?
- 6. Human experimentation
- Should new drugs be given to patients outside clinical trials?
- - Does community consultation in research protect vulnerable groups?
- 7. Bioethics and public policy
- Is it fair to require individuals to purchase health insurance?
- Should there be a market in human organs?
- Does military necessity override medical ethics?
- Should performance-enhancing drugs be banned from sports?
- Should pharmacists be allowed to deny prescriptions on grounds of conscience?.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographic references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Samuel Bellet Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780078050114
- 0078050111
- OCLC:
- 711779140
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