Medical ethics : a very short introduction / Michael Dunn and Tony Hope.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dunn, Michael, 1980- author.

Hope, R. A., author.

Series:

Very short introductions.

Very short introductions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical ethics.

Bioethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

2018.

[Oxford] : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

Medical ethics—from thorny moral questions such as euthanasia and the morality of killing to political questions such as the fair distribution of healthcare resources—is rarely out of today’s media. Medical Ethics: A Very Short Introduction explores the ethical reasoning used to approach medical ethics, introducing the most important ‘tools’ of ethical reasoning, and discussing how argument, thought experiments, and intuition can be combined in the consideration of medical ethics. It also considers its practical application by health professionals in clinical settings and the increasingly important place of medical ethics in the wider social context, in healthcare policy, discussions in the media, pressure group and activism settings, and in legal judgements.

Contents:

1.On why medical ethics is exciting

2. Assisted dying: good medical practice, or murder?

3. A toolbox of reasoning

4. People who don’t exist; at least not yet

5. Inconsistencies about madness

6. Helping the helper

7. Establishing fair procedure

8. How modern genetics is testing traditional confidentiality

9. Culture, consent, and community

10. A glance into the future.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780192547576

0192547577

9780192547569

0192547569

9780191853173

0191853178