Contemporary debates in bioethics [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Arthur L. Caplan and Robert Arp

• Pubblicazione: Chichester, West Sussex, : John Wiley & Sons, 2014
• Descrizione fisica: xiii, 521 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 174.2
• Soggetto topico: Bioethics; Medical ethics
• Altri autori: ArpRobert CaplanArthur L
• 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?
• Titolo autorizzato: Contemporary debates in bioethics
• ISBN: 9781118328484; 1118328485
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910795947903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II