Suchergebnisse

pt. 1. Formulating a moral methodology. Ethical decision-making in the medical context -- pt. 2. Ethical issues at life's beginning. Abortion -- Assisted reproduction -- Caring for compromised newborns -- pt. 3. Moral responses to new technologies. Applications of genetic science -- Fetal tissue : tissue and transplants -- Artificially provided nutrition and hydration -- pt. 4. Ethical responses to sickness. HIV/AIDS -- Experimentation in medicine -- Organ retrieval and transplantation -- pt. 5. Ethical issues at the end of life. Advance directives -- Euthanasia -- Important distinctions -- pt. 6. Ethical issues for health care professionals. Paternalism and autonomy -- Professionalism in health care occupations -- pt. 7. Medicine and the common good. Roles of the courts, government and professional societies in biomedical ethics -- Providing health care in the United States -- Appendix : Continued reading and research on issues in medical ethics

Alternatives in medical practice and their social and personal implications -- The social construction of disease conception and treatment in biomedicine -- Being a person, becoming a doctor -- Inside the beast : an engaged physician and modern medical institutions -- Struggling for health equity from the inner city to rural farms -- Putting people first : envisioning a healthy society

"Those involved in end-of-life decision making must take into account both legal and ethical issues. This book starts with a critical reflection of ethical principles including ideas such as moral status, the value of life, acts and omissions, harm, autonomy, dignity and paternalism. It then explores the practical difficulties of regulating end-of-life decisions, focusing on patients, healthcare professionals, the wider community and issues surrounding 'slippery slope' arguments. By evaluating the available empirical evidence, the author identifies preferred ways to regulate decisions and minimise abuses at the end of life, and outlines an ethical theory which can provide practical guidance for those engaged in end-of-life decisions"--Provided by publisher