Contemporary debates in bioethics / / edited by Arthur L. Caplan and Robert Arp
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| Titolo: |
Contemporary debates in bioethics / / edited by Arthur L. Caplan and Robert Arp
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| Pubblicazione: | Chichester, England : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (535 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 174.2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Medical ethics |
| Persona (resp. second.): | CaplanArthur L. |
| ArpRobert | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Are there universal ethical principles that should govern the conduct of medicine and research worldwide? -- Is it morally acceptable to buy and sell organs for human transplantation? -- Were it physically safe, would human reproductive cloning be acceptable? -- Is the deliberately induced abortion of a human pregnancy ethically justifiable? -- Is it ethical to patent or copyright genes, embryos, or their parts? -- Should minors have the right to refuse treatment, even when against the will of their parents or guardians? -- Is physician-assisted suicide ever ethical? -- Should stem cell research utilizing embryonic tissue be conducted? -- Should we prohibit the use of chimpanzees and other great apes in biomedical research? -- Should the United States of America adopt universal health care? -- Is there a legitimate place for human genetic enhancement? -- Can there be agreement as to what constitutes human death? -- Is there ever a circumstance in which a doctor may withhold information? -- Should in vitro fertilization be an option for a woman? -- Are international clinical trials exploitative?. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This volume features a collection of arguments contributed by many of today's top bioethics scholars, focusing on core bioethical concerns of the twenty-first century. Written in a debate-style format for accessibility to non-specialists, it features general introductions to each topic that precede scholarly debates, and presents the latest, cutting-edge thoughts on relevant bioethics ideas, arguments, and debates. -- From publisher's website. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Contemporary debates in bioethics |
| ISBN: | 1-118-32848-5 |
| 1-299-71251-7 | |
| 1-118-32847-7 | |
| 1-4443-3713-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910818252303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Contemporary debates in philosophy ; ; 13.