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Taking sides. Clashing views on controversial bioethical issues / selected, edited, and with introductions by Carol Levine

Contributor(s): Levine, Carol.
Publisher: Guilford, Conn. : McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, c2001Edition: 9th ed.Description: xxiv, 380 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0072430826.Subject(s): BioethicsDDC classification: 174.9574
Contents:
Preface. - Introduction : Medicine and Moral Arguments. - Pt. 1. Medical Decision Making. Issue 1. Is Informed Consent Still Central to Medical Ethics ? Issue 2. Can Family Interests Ethically Outweigh Patient Autonomy ? - Pt. 2. Death And Dying. Issue 3. Are Some Advance Directives Too Risky for Patients? Issue 4. Should Physicians Be Allowed to Assist in Patient Suicide ? Issue 5. Is It Ethical to Withhold the Truth From Dying Patients ? Issue 6. Should Doctors Be Able to Refuse Demands for "Futile" Treatment ? - Pt. 3. Choices in Reproduction. Issue 7. Should Abortions Late in Pregnancy Be Banned ? Issue 8. Should Pregnant Women Be Punished for Exposing Fetuses to Risk ? - Pt. 4. Children And Bioethics. Issue 9. Should Adolescents Make Their Own Life-and-Death Decisions ? Issue 10. Do Parents Harm Their Children When They Refuse Medical Treatment on Religious Grounds ? - Pt. 5. Genetics. Issue 11. Should Genes for Human Diseases Be Patented ? Issue 12. Should Human Cloning Be Banned ? Issue 13. Should Information From Genetic Testing Be Available to Employers and Insurers ? Issue 14. Should Parents Always Be Told of Genetic-Testing Availability ? - Pt. 6. Human And Animal Experimentation. Issue 15. Should Animal Experimentation Be Permitted ? Issue 16. Is Sham Surgery Ethically Acceptable in Clinical Research ? - Pt. 7. Bioethics And Public Policy. Issue 17. Should Health Insurance Be Based on Employment ? Issue 18. Should Health Care for the Elderly Be Limited ? Issue 19. Should Patient-Centered Medical Ethics Govern Managed Care ? Issue 20.Should There Be a Market on Body Parts ? Issue 21. Should Doctors-in-Training Be Unionized ? - Contributors. - Index.
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Preface. - Introduction : Medicine and Moral Arguments. - Pt. 1. Medical Decision Making. Issue 1. Is Informed Consent Still Central to Medical Ethics ? Issue 2. Can Family Interests Ethically Outweigh Patient Autonomy ? - Pt. 2. Death And Dying. Issue 3. Are Some Advance Directives Too Risky for Patients? Issue 4. Should Physicians Be Allowed to Assist in Patient Suicide ? Issue 5. Is It Ethical to Withhold the Truth From Dying Patients ? Issue 6. Should Doctors Be Able to Refuse Demands for "Futile" Treatment ? - Pt. 3. Choices in Reproduction. Issue 7. Should Abortions Late in Pregnancy Be Banned ? Issue 8. Should Pregnant Women Be Punished for Exposing Fetuses to Risk ? - Pt. 4. Children And Bioethics. Issue 9. Should Adolescents Make Their Own Life-and-Death Decisions ? Issue 10. Do Parents Harm Their Children When They Refuse Medical Treatment on Religious Grounds ? - Pt. 5. Genetics. Issue 11. Should Genes for Human Diseases Be Patented ? Issue 12. Should Human Cloning Be Banned ? Issue 13. Should Information From Genetic Testing Be Available to Employers and Insurers ? Issue 14. Should Parents Always Be Told of Genetic-Testing Availability ? - Pt. 6. Human And Animal Experimentation. Issue 15. Should Animal Experimentation Be Permitted ? Issue 16. Is Sham Surgery Ethically Acceptable in Clinical Research ? - Pt. 7. Bioethics And Public Policy. Issue 17. Should Health Insurance Be Based on Employment ? Issue 18. Should Health Care for the Elderly Be Limited ? Issue 19. Should Patient-Centered Medical Ethics Govern Managed Care ? Issue 20.Should There Be a Market on Body Parts ? Issue 21. Should Doctors-in-Training Be Unionized ? - Contributors. - Index.