Guides: PHL 337: Ethics: Bioethics

Bioethics

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A Companion to Bioethics by Helga Kuhse (Editor); Peter Singer (Editor)
ISBN: 9781444350845
This second edition of A Companion to Bioethics covers all the material that the reader needs to thoroughly grasp the ideas and debates involved in bioethics. Thematically organized around an unparalleled range of issues, including discussion of the moral status of embryos and fetuses, new genetics, life and death, resource allocation, organ donations, AIDS, human and animal experimentation, health care, and teaching, cloning and genetic enhancement. Topics are presented by renowned bioethicists.
A Life-Centered Approach to Bioethics by Lawrence E. Johnson
ISBN: 9780521154208
Johnson approaches bioethics on the basis of a conception of life and what is needed for the affirmation of its quality. He discusses issues in bioethics including euthanasia, abortion, cloning and genetic engineering. The foundation of this discussion is an extensive examination of the nature of the self and its good and of various approaches to ethics. The book offers a user-friendly discussion of how to deal with ethical slippery slopes and how and where to draw the line when dealing with difficult questions of bioethics.
Respecting Life by Neil Messer
ISBN: 9780334043331
Bioethical issues are rarely out of view in Western societies. New developments in areas such as human embryology continually raise new ethical questions, while more familiar issues frequently reappear in public debate. These are issues of central concern for Christians and for a wider public, because they raise questions about the value of life, the meaning of suffering and death and humanity's place in the natural world.
Contemporary Debates in Bioethics by Glenn McGee; Robert Arp (Editor); Arthur L. Caplan
ISBN: 9781444337143
Contemporary Debates in Bioethics features a timely collection of highly readable, debate-style arguments contributed by many of today's top bioethics scholars, focusing on core bioethical concerns of the twenty-first century. Written in an engaging, debate-style format for accessibility to non-specialists Features general introductions to each topic that precede scholarly debates Presents the latest, cutting-edge thoughts on relevant bioethics ideas, arguments, and debates
Bioethics: the Basics by Alastair V. Campbell
ISBN: 9780415504089
This book is an introduction to the principles, theories and issues in the study of medical and biological ethics. Topics addressed include: The range of moral theories underpinning bioethics, arguments for the rights and wrongs of abortion, euthanasia and animal research, healthcare ethics including the nature of the practitioner-patient relationship, public policy ethics and the implications of global and public health.
Cutting Through the Surface by Tuija Takala (Volume Editor); Peter Herissone-Kelly (Volume Editor); Søren Holm (Volume Editor)
ISBN: 9789042027398
This book examines the role of philosophy and philosophers in bioethics. Academics often see bioethical studies as too practical while decision makers tend to see them as too theoretical. The purpose of this collection of new essays by an international group of distinguished scholars is to explore the troubled relationship between theory and practice in the ethical assessment of medicine, health care, and new medical and genetic technologies.
On Moral Medicine by M. Therese Lysaught (Editor); Joseph J. Kotva (Editor); Stephen E. Lammers (Editor); Allen Verhey (Editor)
ISBN: 9780802866011
In print for more than two decades, On Moral Medicine remains the definitive anthology for Christian theological reflection on medical ethics. This third edition updates and expands the earlier awardwinning volumes, providing classrooms and individuals alike with one of the finest available resources for ethics-engaged modern medicine.
Global Health and Global Health Ethics by Solomon Benatar (Editor); Gillian Brock (Editor)
ISBN: 9780521146777
Publication Date: 2011-02-10
What can be done about the poor state of global health? How are global health challenges intimately linked to the global political economy and to issues of social justice? What are our responsibilities and how can we improve global health? Global Health and Global Health Ethics addresses these questions from the perspective of a range of disciplines, including medicine, philosophy and the social sciences. Topics covered range from infectious diseases, climate change and the environment to trade, foreign aid, food security and biotechnology.

Bioethics in the Age of New Media by Joanna Zylinska
ISBN: 9780262255141
Publication Date: 2009-03-20
The paramount bioethical issue in an age of digital technology and new media is the transformation of the very notion of life. Zylinska examines many of the ethical challenges that technology poses to the idea of the human. She goes beyond the traditional understanding of bioethics as a matter for moral philosophy and medicine to propose a new "ethics of life" rooted in the relationship between the human and the nonhuman that new technology prompts us to develop.
Medicine of the Person by John L. Cox (Editor)
ISBN: 9781846425509
Medicine of the Person is an international, multi-faith exploration of the demonstrable need to integrate the scientific basis of healthcare more fully with spiritual, religious and ethical values.Informed by the principle of 'medicine of the person', the contributors argue for a medical practice which takes account of personal relationships, spirituality, ethics and theology in keeping with the ideas and beliefs of Paul Tournier, an influential Swiss general practitioner whose thinking has had a substantial impact on routine patient care relevant to national health services. Bridging the gap between the basic sciences and faith traditions, the contributors discuss notions of personhood in different faiths and its consideration in spirituality and mental health issues, general practice issues, public health, home care for the elderly and neuroscience.
Ethics in Biomedical Research by Matti Hayry; Tuiji Takala; Peter Herissone-Kelly
ISBN: 9789401204194
This book deals with the international assessment and regulation of biomedical research. In its chapters, some of the leading figures in today's bioethics address questions centred on global development, scientific advances, and vulnerability. Values In Bioethics (ViB) makes available original philosophical books in all areas of bioethics, including medical and nursing ethics, health care ethics, research ethics, environmental ethics, and global bioethics.