Classic Cases in Medical Ethics Accounts of Cases That Have Shaped Medical Ethics, with Philosophical, Legal, and Historical Backgrounds

Name: Classic Cases in Medical Ethics Accounts of Cases That Have Shaped Medical Ethics, with Philosophical, Legal, and Historical Backgrounds
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ISBN: 9780072829358

ISBN-10: 0072829354

ISBN-13: 9780072829358

Edition: 4th 2004 (Revised)

Authors: Gregory E. Pence

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This collection looks at major cases that have defined and shaped the field of medical ethics. Each case is illuminated by discussion of pertinent philosophical theories and legal and ethical issues. This 4th edition includes new chapters on embryo research and stem cells, reproductive cloning, and AIDS.

Book details

List price: $49.06
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Publication date: 7/15/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 528
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



Preface



Moral Reasoning and Ethical Theories in Medical Ethics



Classic Cases about Death and Dying



Comas: Karen Quinlan and Nancy Cruzan



Requests to Die: Elizabeth Bouvia and Larry McAfee



Physician-Assisted Dying: Oregon's Legalization



Classic Cases about the Beginning of Life


Part II Overview



Abortion: Kenneth Edelin



Assisted Reproduction: Louise Brown and Beyond



Battles over Embryos and Stem Cells



Reproductive Cloning: Should We Clone Humans?



Letting Impaired Newborns Die: Baby Jane Doe



Classic Cases about Research and Experimental Treatments



Animal Subjects: The Philadelphia Head-Injury Study on Primates



Human Subjects: The Tuskegee Syphilis Study



Adult Heart Replacement: The First Heart Transplant and Artificial Heart



Allocation of Artificial and Transplantable Organs: The God Committee



Infants and Medical Research: Baby Fae and Baby Theresa



Classic Cases about Individual Rights and the Public Good



Involuntary Psychiatric Commitment: Joyce Brown



Ethical Issues and Genetic Disease: Nancy Wexler



Preventing the Global Spread of AIDS



Reforming the American Medical System: Expanding Medicare?


Notes


Index