A companion to bioethics / / edited by Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910139963703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Malden, MA, : Wiley, c2009
• ISBN: 1-78539-313-8; 1-282-46091-9; 1-78034-095-8; 9786612460913; 1-4051-9713-7; 1-4443-0781-9; 1-4443-0782-7
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (638 p.)
• Collana: Blackwell companions to philosophy ; ; 15
• Altri autori (Persone): KuhseHelga; SingerPeter <1946->
• Disciplina: 174.2; 174.957
• Soggetti: Bioethics; Medical ethics; Bioètica; Llibres electrònics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: A Companion to Bioethics; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Part I Introduction; Part II Questions About Bioethics; Part III Ethical Approaches; Part IV Before Birth: Issues Involving Embryos and Fetuses; Part V Issues In Reproduction; Part VI The New Genetics; Part VII Life and Death Issues; Part VIII Resource Allocation; Part IX Organ Donations; Part XI Experimentation With Humans and Animals; Part XII Ethical Issues in the Practice of Health Care; Part XIII The Teaching and Practice of Bioethics; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This second edition of A Companion to Bioethics, fully revised and updated to reflect the current issues and developments in the field, covers all the material that the reader needs to thoroughly grasp the ideas and debates involved in bioethics.Thematically organized around ; an unparalleled range of issues, including discussion of the moral status of embryos and fetuses, new genetics, life and death, resource allocation, organ donations, AIDS, human and animal experimentation, health care, and teachingNow includes new essays on currently controversial topics su