Second Opinion Reflecting on Contemporary Issues in Bioethics

Name: Second Opinion Reflecting on Contemporary Issues in Bioethics
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ISBN: 9780687073597

ISBN-10: 0687073596

ISBN-13: 9780687073597

Edition: 2001 (Leader's Edition)

Authors: Bruce Hilton

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Second Opinion explores the pros and cons of bioethical issues. Each chapter deals with a different issue and sets the state for intelligent discussion.

Book details

List price: $12.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Publication date: 3/1/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.682

Acknowledgments	p. 11
Introduction	p. 13
Decisions
Is There Anything I Can Do?	p. 17
What's Up, Doc?	p. 19
Happy Anniversary	p. 21
Family Values	p. 23
A Noble Outcome	p. 25
Durable Power of Attorney FAQs	p. 27
Ethical Goals	p. 29
To Tell the Truth	p. 31
Alternative Reproductive Technology
eOva	p. 34
Interim Septuplets	p. 36
Dead	p. 38
The Littlest Preemie	p. 40
To Be a Mother	p. 42
Genome Dilemmas	p. 44
When I'm 64	p. 46
Advances in the Test Tube	p. 48
May Day	p. 50
Health Care
In Memory of Iqbal Masih	p. 52
Double Effect	p. 54
Unnecessary Pain	p. 56
The Widening Circle of Grief	p. 58
Nursing Home: An Eleven-Letter Word	p. 60
The Spocks on Patients	p. 62
Shifting Gears	p. 64
DNA
The Double Helix	p. 67
DNA or Not DNA	p. 69
Who Benefits?	p. 71
And Why Not?	p. 73
Noteworthy Cases
Long Live the King?	p. 76
Every One	p. 78
Take Me Home	p. 80
Death Further Defined	p. 82
Aloha	p. 84
Interleague Questions	p. 86
A Truce to Terror	p. 88
Futile Treatment
With Justice for All	p. 91
When Is Enough Enough?	p. 93
Which Way to Turn?	p. 95
The Unexpected	p. 97
Does He or Doesn't He?	p. 99
Health Care Reform
Rationing Health Care	p. 102
True Reform	p. 104
Long-term Issues	p. 106
Physician Shopping	p. 108
Poll Watching	p. 110
Pop Quiz	p. 111
Have a Heart	p. 114
Issues in Mental Health
Still Dealing with Demons	p. 117
The Pendulum	p. 119
The Other Side of the Canyon	p. 121
Research
Voluntary Consent	p. 124
The Ideal versus the Big Deal	p. 126
Ethics and BWs	p. 128
Refusing Treatment
The Rest of the Story	p. 131
The Key Question	p. 133
The More, the Better	p. 135
Just Say No	p. 137
Trial of the Century	p. 139
Issues to Ponder
A Slippery Slope?	p. 142
The Gift	p. 144
Arithmetic Lesson	p. 146
Defining Disasters	p. 148
Freedom Isn't Free	p. 151
Violence as a Health Issue
Ignoring Violence	p. 153
Home Sweet Home?	p. 155
A Dubious Analogy	p. 157
The Birth of the Electric Chair	p. 160
The Seamless Garment	p. 162
Study Guide	p. 165
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