Taking sides. Clashing views on controversial bioethical issues /
This debate-style reader is designed to introduce students to controversies in bioethical issues through readings that reflect a variety of viewpoints. Each issue is framed with an issue summary, an issue introduction, and a postscript. The Taking Sides readers feature annotated listings of selected...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Guilford, Conn. :
McGraw Hill/Dushkin,
[2006]
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| Edition: | 11th ed. |
| Series: | Taking sides.
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Table of Contents:
- Is informed consent still central to medical ethics?
- Can family interests ethically outweigh patient autonomy?
- Does direct-to-consumer advertising of medication enhance patient autonomy?
- Are some advance directives too risky for patients?
- Should physicians be allowed to assist in patient suicide?
- Should truth-telling depend on the patient's culture?
- Should doctors be able to refuse demands for "futile" treatment?
- Is abortion immoral?
- Should pregnant women be punished for exposing fetuses to risk?
- Should adolescents make their own life-and-death decisions?
- Do parents harm their children when they refuse medical treatment on religious grounds?
- Should the federal government fund Human Stem Cell research?
- Will genetic testing lead to denial of insurance and employment?
- Should animal experimentation be permitted?
- Is sham surgery ethically acceptable in clinical research?
- Should health insurance be based on employment?
- Does military necessity override medical ethics?
- Should performance-enhancing drugs be banned from sports?
- Should there be a market in body parts?
- Should pharmacists be allowed to deny prescriptions on grounds of conscience?
- Should public health be given sweeping powers over individual liberty in a bioterrorist threat?