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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823363503321

Autore

Baron Jonathan <1944->

Titolo

Against bioethics / / Jonathan Baron

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2006

ISBN

1-282-09736-9

9786612097362

0-262-26772-1

1-4237-6985-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xii, 236 p

Collana

Basic bioethics

Disciplina

174.2

Soggetti

Medical ethics - Philosophy

Medical ethics - Decision making

Decision making

Informed consent (Medical law)

Duress (Law)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-231) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Bioethics vs. Utilitarianism -- Chapter 3 Utilitarianism and Decision Analysis -- Chapter 4 Going Against Nature -- Chapter 5 Death and the Value of Life -- Chapter 6 Coercion and Consent -- Chapter 7 Con ict of Interest -- Chapter 8 Drug Research -- Chapter 9 Allocation -- Chapter 10 The Bigger Picture -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Argues that applied bioethics should embrace utilitarian decision analysis, thus avoiding recommendations expected to do more harm than good.