Taking Sides Clashing Views on Controversial Bioethical Issues

Name: Taking Sides Clashing Views on Controversial Bioethical Issues
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ISBN: 9780072868876

ISBN-10: 0072868872

ISBN-13: 9780072868876

Edition: 10th 2004

Authors: Carol Levine

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List price: $23.12
Edition: 10th
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Publication date: 6/9/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 377
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English




Medical Decision Making



Is Informed Consent Still Central to Medical Ethics?



Can Family Interests Ethically Outweigh Patient Autonomy?



Does Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Medication Enhance Patient Autonomy?



Death and Dying



Are Some Advance Directives Too Risky for Patients?



Should Physicians Be Allowed to Assist in Patient Suicide?



Should Truth-Telling Depend on the Patient's Culture?



Should Doctors Be Able to Refuse Demands for "Futile" Treatment?



Choices in Reproduction



Should Abortions Late in Pregnancy Be Banned?



Should Pregnant Women Be Punished for Exposing Fetuses to Risk?



Children and Bioethics



Should Adolescents Make Their Own Life-and-Death Decisions?



Do Parents Harm Their Children When They Refuse Medical Treatment on Religious Grounds?



Genetics



Should Human Stem Cell Research Be Banned?



Should Information From Genetic Testing Be Available to Employers and Insurers?



Human and Animal Experimentation



Should Animal Experimentation Be Permitted?



Is Sham Surgery Ethically Acceptable in Clinical Research?



Bioethics and Public Policy



Should Health Insurance Be Based on Employment?



Should Health Care for the Elderly Be Limited?



Should Patient-Centered Medical Ethics Govern Managed Care?



Should There Be Payment for Body Parts?



Should Doctors-in-Training Be Unionized?



Should Public Health Be Given Sweeping Powers Over Individual Liberty in a Bioterrorist Threat?


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