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Bioethics. volume 2.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Jennings, Bruce, 1949- editor.
Standardized Title:
Bioethics (Jennings)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Bioethics--Encyclopedias.
Bioethics.
Medical ethics--Encyclopedias.
Medical ethics.
Bioethical Issues--Encyclopedias--English.
Ethics, Clinical--Encyclopedias--English.
Ethics, Medical--Encyclopedias--English.
Medical Subjects:
Bioethical Issues--Encyclopedias--English.
Ethics, Clinical--Encyclopedias--English.
Ethics, Medical--Encyclopedias--English.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Edition:
4th edition.
Place of Publication:
Farmington Hills, Mich : Macmillan Reference USA, 2014.
Summary:
Offers hundreds of revisions or addenda to entries from previous editions as well as over 100 new or rewritten entries on topics such as key cases in bioethics, the human biome, genetically modified foods, emergency preparedness and response, social justice, sustainability, chemical warfare and torture, among many others. Revised articles will explain the events as well as legislation changes of the past decade.
Contents:
Cancer, Ethical Issues Related to Diagnosis and Treatment
Care
Casuistry
Childbirth, Medical Procedures in
Children
China, Bioethics in
Christianity, Bioethics in
Chronic Illness
Circumcision, Female
Circumcision, Male
Circumcision, Male [Addendum]
Climate Change
Clinical Ethics
Cloning
Coercion
Cognitive Impairment/Traumatic Brain Injury
Commercialism in Scientific Research
Commercialism in Scientific Research [Addendum]
Community and Communitarianism
Community-Based Participatory Research
Comparative Effectiveness Research and Implementation Science
Competence
Confidentiality
Conflict of Interest
Confucianism, Bioethics in
Conscience
Conscience, Rights of
Consensus, Role and Authority of
Continental Philosophy
Contractarianism and Bioethics
Corporate Compliance
Corporate Social Responsibility in Health
Cross-Border Medical Travel
Cross-Border Reproductive Travel
Death
Death, Definition and Determination of
Death Penalty
Death Penalty [Addendum]
Deep Brain Stimulation
Dementia
Dentistry
Dialysis, Kidney
Disability
Divided Loyalties in Mental Health Care
DNA Identification
DNA Identification [Addendum]
DNR (Do not Resuscitate)
Double Effect, Principle or Doctrine of
Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Bioethics in
Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Bioethics in [Addendum]
Ecological Bioethics
Economic Concepts in Health Care
Electroconvulsive Therapy
Electroconvulsive Therapy [Addendum]
Embryo and Fetus
Emotions
Endangered Species and Biodiversity
End-of-Life Care
Enhancement Uses of Medical Technology
Environmental Ethics
Environmental Health Ethics
Environmental Policy and Law
Epidemics
Epistemic Injustice
Ethics
Eugenics
II. Ethical Issues
Europe, Bioethics in
Expert Testimony
Exploitation.
Notes:
Preceded by Encyclopedia of bioethics / edited by Stephen G. Post. 3rd ed. c2004.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

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