Image from Google Jackets

Medical ethics / Noel Merino, book editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Current controversiesPublication details: Detroit : Greenhaven Press, (c)2011.Description: 222 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780737749151
  • 0737749156
  • 9780737749168
  • 0737749164
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • R724.M435 2011
Online resources:
Available additional physical forms:
  • COPYRIGHT NOT covered - Click this link to request copyright permission:
Contents:
Ch. 1. What ethics should guide the health care system? Overview : the health care system Public Agenda Rationing health care is ethical and necessary Peter Singer Health care rationing should not be justified by unethical beliefs Raymond Dennehy Universal health care provided by the government is morally required New Republic Government intervention in health care is immoral and impractical Lin Zinser, Paul Hsieh Health care is a right, not a privilege Bernie Sanders -- chapter 2. What ethics should guide organ transplants? Overview : organ transplantation The Gift of a Lifetime The sale of kidneys for transplantation is ethical Cord Jefferson Charity, not money, should guide kidney transplantation Gerald D. Coleman Individuals should become organ donors to stop organ sales William Saletan A system of presumed consent is not a good way to increase available organs Gilbert Meilaender -- chapter 3. Are reproductive technologies ethical? Overview : reproductive ethics Marcia Clemmitt Unmarried individuals and homosexuals should have access to reproductive technologies Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine Surrogacy can be an ethical solution to infertility Sudesh Kumar Fertility doctors are in no position to consider children's well-being Josephine Johnston Unmarried individuals and homosexuals do not have a right to reproductive technologies Jennifer Roback Morse Outsourced surrogacy is a form of exploitation Nayantara Mallya Fertility doctors must consider children's well-being Thomas H. Murray -- chapter 4. Is it ethical for doctors to end life? Overview : end-of-life issues Public Agenda The right to die necessitates assistance from physicians Jacob M. Appel It is ethical for doctors to participate in death penalty executions Dudley Sharp Doctors must respect the autonomy of pregnant women regarding abortion Howard Minkoff, Lynn M. Paltrow Doctors and nurses should never take part in euthanasia Jean Echlin There is no humane way of performing death penalty executions PLoS Medicine Editors It is ethical for doctors to refuse to perform abortion Daniel Allott, Matt Bowman.
Item type: Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) List(s) this item appears in: Sadie
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library Circulating Collection - First Floor Non-fiction R724.M29274 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001438551

Ch. 1. What ethics should guide the health care system? Overview : the health care system Public Agenda Rationing health care is ethical and necessary Peter Singer Health care rationing should not be justified by unethical beliefs Raymond Dennehy Universal health care provided by the government is morally required New Republic Government intervention in health care is immoral and impractical Lin Zinser, Paul Hsieh Health care is a right, not a privilege Bernie Sanders -- chapter 2. What ethics should guide organ transplants? Overview : organ transplantation The Gift of a Lifetime The sale of kidneys for transplantation is ethical Cord Jefferson Charity, not money, should guide kidney transplantation Gerald D. Coleman Individuals should become organ donors to stop organ sales William Saletan A system of presumed consent is not a good way to increase available organs Gilbert Meilaender -- chapter 3. Are reproductive technologies ethical? Overview : reproductive ethics Marcia Clemmitt Unmarried individuals and homosexuals should have access to reproductive technologies Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine Surrogacy can be an ethical solution to infertility Sudesh Kumar Fertility doctors are in no position to consider children's well-being Josephine Johnston Unmarried individuals and homosexuals do not have a right to reproductive technologies Jennifer Roback Morse Outsourced surrogacy is a form of exploitation Nayantara Mallya Fertility doctors must consider children's well-being Thomas H. Murray -- chapter 4. Is it ethical for doctors to end life? Overview : end-of-life issues Public Agenda The right to die necessitates assistance from physicians Jacob M. Appel It is ethical for doctors to participate in death penalty executions Dudley Sharp Doctors must respect the autonomy of pregnant women regarding abortion Howard Minkoff, Lynn M. Paltrow Doctors and nurses should never take part in euthanasia Jean Echlin There is no humane way of performing death penalty executions PLoS Medicine Editors It is ethical for doctors to refuse to perform abortion Daniel Allott, Matt Bowman.

COPYRIGHT NOT covered - Click this link to request copyright permission:

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Powered by Koha