A Companion to Bioethics 2nd Edition by Helga Kuhse ,Peter Singer ISBN 1405163313 978-1405163316

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ISBN 10:1405163313 

ISBN 13:978-1405163316

Author:Helga Kuhse ,Peter Singer

This second edition of A Companion to Bioethics, fully revised and updated to reflect the current issues and developments in the field, covers all the material that the reader needs to thoroughly grasp the ideas and debates involved in bioethics.

• Thematically organized around an unparalleled range of issues, including discussion of the moral status of embryos and fetuses, new genetics, life and death, resource allocation, organ donations, AIDS, human and animal experimentation, health care, and teaching
• Now includes new essays on currently controversial topics such as cloning and genetic enhancement
• Topics are clearly and compellingly presented by internationally renowned bioethicists
• A detailed index allows the reader to find terms and topics not listed in the titles of the essays themselves

Table of contents: 

Part I Introduction
What Is Bioethics? A Historical Introduction
Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer

Part II Questions About Bioethics
Ethical Theory and Bioethics
James Rachels
Culture and Bioethics
Segun Gbadegesin
Gender and Bioethics
Jan Crosthwaite
Religion and Bioethics
Eric Gregory
Law and Bioethics
Wibren van der Burg

Part III Ethical Approaches
A Principle-based Approach
James F. Childress
Exceptionless Rule Approaches
Joseph Boyle
A Utilitarian Approach
R. M. Hare
A Virtue Ethics Approach
Justin Oakley
A Care Approach
Rita C. Manning
A Case Approach
John D. Arras

Part IV Before Birth: Issues Involving Embryos and Fetuses
Personhood
Michael Tooley
Abortion
Mary Anne Warren
Mother–Fetus Conflict
Bonnie Steinbock

Part V Issues In Reproduction
Population
Margaret Pabst Battin
Assisted Reproduction, Prenatal Testing, and Sex Selection
Laura M. Purdy
Cloning
Gregory Pence

Part VI The New Genetics
Gene Therapy
Ruth Chadwick
Genetic Enhancement
Julian Savulescu
Creating and Patenting New Life Forms
Nils Holtug
Genetic Counseling, Testing, and Screening
Angus Clarke

Part VII Life and Death Issues
Medical Decisions at the End of Life
Dan W. Brock
Severely Disabled Newborns
Eike-Henner W. Kluge
Death, Brain Death, and Persistent Vegetative State
Jeff McMahan
Advance Directives
Alexander Morgan Capron
Voluntary Euthanasia, Suicide, and Physician-assisted Suicide
Brian Stoffell
The Slippery Slope Argument
Govert den Hartogh

Part VIII Resource Allocation
Deciding Between Patients
John Harris
Society’s Allocation of Resources for Health
Daniel Wikler and Sarah Marchand
Is There a Right to Health Care and, If So, What Does It Encompass?
Norman Daniels

Part IX Organ Donations
A World of Transferable Parts
Janet Radcliffe Richards

Part X Global Health-care Issues
Global Health Responsibilities
Christopher Lowry and Udo Schüklenk
Developing World Challenges
Udo Schüklenk, Michael Kottow, and Peter A. Sy
Global Pharmaceutical Markets
Kevin Outterson and Donald W. Light
Infectious Disease
Michael J. Selgelid
AIDS as a Global Health Emergency
Udo Schüklenk

Part XI Experimentation With Humans and Animals
Research Involving Human Beings
Florencia Luna and Ruth Macklin
Regulating Experimentation in Research and Medical Practice
Paul Ulhas Macneill
Research Using Preimplantation Human Embryos
Mary Warnock and Peter Braude
The Moral Status of Animals and Their Use As Experimental Subjects
Bernard E. Rollin

Part XII Ethical Issues in the Practice of Health Care
Confidentiality
Raanan Gillon and Daniel K. Sokol
Truth-telling
Roger Higgs
Informed Consent and Patient Autonomy
Robert Young
Patients Doubtfully Capable or Incapable of Consent
Carl Elliott
Ethics in Nursing Practice
Janet L. Storch
Global Trends in Nursing Ethics
Verena Tschudin

Part XIII The Teaching and Practice of Bioethics
Ethics Committees and Ethics Consultants
Jonathan D. Moreno
Teaching Ethics in the Health Professions
Lynn Gillam

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