Bioethics: Issues and Dilemmas
In: Ethical Issues in the 21st Century
Intro -- BIOETHICS: ISSUES AND DILEMMAS -- BIOETHICS: ISSUES AND DILEMMAS -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 SURGICAL VACCINE: SHOULD MALE CIRCUMCISION BE MANDATORY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -- Introduction -- Medical Analysis -- Non-Medical Issues Surrounding Mandatory Male Circumcision -- Ethical Analysis -- Guidelines -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 MEDICAL ETHICS IN OBSTETRICS - A FRENCH EXPERIMENT -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Prenatal Diagnosis (PND) in Today's French Obstetrical Practice -- 1. Screening with Ultrasound Images -- 2. Screening with "Numbers": The Case of Trisomy 21 -- PND - The Eugenics Issue -- 1. A Renewed Ethical Question -- 2. Diagnosis or Prenatal Screening? -- 3. Individual Screening or Public Health Policy? -- 4. PND as a Profitable Practice? -- 5. PND: A Method Achieving Greater Results snd Practiced Earlier snd Earlier -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 3 THE "REAL WORLD" OF ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING: INSIGHTS FROM RESEARCH -- A Hospice Start -- From Hospice to High-Tech Care -- Turning the Focus to Mental Health -- Patient-Centred Care: Acute Medicine Provides Insights for A New Direction -- Dealing with Professional Conflict and Tension - An Ethical Issue -- End-of-Life Issues - The Most Challenging Ethical Issues for Acute Medicine -- Similar Issues in an Emergency Department -- Maintaining the Momentum -- Indigenous Informed Consent -- Ethics in Obstetrics - Informed Consent to Birth Choice -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 THE RIGHTS OF FUTURE GENERATIONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS -- Abstract -- Historical Notes -- Origins and Development -- Hans Jonas -- The Two Principal Problems -- The Problem of Identity -- The Problemof Temporal Distance -- "Common Heritage" and "Capital" -- General Aspects -- Subject and Object.