Bioethics – serie
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22 produkter
Cultures of Caregiving
Conflict and Common Ground among Families, Health Professionals, and Policy Makers
Av Carol Levine, Thomas H. Murray
Inbunden, 2004
529 kr
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As the population ages and the health care system focuses on cost-containment, family caregivers have become the frontline providers of most long-term and chronic care. Patient care at home falls mainly on untrained and unprepared family members, who struggle to adjust to the new roles, …
Double-Edged Helix
Social Implications of Genetics in a Diverse Society
Av Joseph S. Alper, Joseph S. Alper m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
460 kr
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The Double-Edged Helix explores the impact of recent genetic discoveries on both different population segments and society as a whole. The authors address the medical and ethical implications of the new technologies, outlining potential positive and negative effects of genetic research on …
Reprogenetics
Law, Policy, and Ethical Issues
Av Lori P. Knowles, Gregory E. Kaebnick
Inbunden, 2007
667 kr
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From the cloning of Dolly the sheep a decade ago to more recent advances in embryonic stem cell research, new genetic technologies have often spurred polemical, ill-informed debates. Perhaps nowhere is this more evident than in the field of reproductive genetics, where difficult bioethical issues …
Cultures of Caregiving
Conflict and Common Ground among Families, Health Professionals, and Policy Makers
Av Carol Levine, Thomas H. Murray
Häftad, 2007
370 kr
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As the population ages and the health care system focuses on cost-containment, family caregivers have become the frontline providers of most long-term and chronic care. Patient care at home falls mainly on untrained and unprepared family members, who struggle to adjust to the new roles, …
Bioethics at the Movies
Inbunden, 2009
684 kr
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Bioethics at the Movies explores the ways in which popular films engage basic bioethical concepts and concerns. Twenty-one philosophically grounded essays use cinematic tools such as character and plot development, scene setting, and narrative framing to demonstrate a range of principles and topics …
Bioethics at the Movies
Häftad, 2009
382 kr
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Bioethics at the Movies explores the ways in which popular films engage basic bioethical concepts and concerns. Twenty-one philosophically grounded essays use cinematic tools such as character and plot development, scene setting, and narrative framing to demonstrate a range of principles and topics …
Neonatal Bioethics
The Moral Challenges of Medical Innovation
Av John D. Lantos, William L. Meadow
Häftad, 2008
443 kr
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Neonatal intensive care has been one of the most morally controversial areas of medicine during the past thirty years. This study examines the interconnected development of four key aspects of neonatal intensive care: medical advances, ethical analysis, legal scrutiny, and econometric evaluation. …
Price of Perfection
Individualism and Society in the Era of Biomedical Enhancement
Inbunden, 2009
594 kr
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Few would question the necessity of artificial limbs for amputees. But what of surgery to lengthen the legs of children who are merely shorter than average? Hardly anyone would challenge the decision to prescribe Aricept to people with dementia. But is it acceptable to give the same medication to …
Performance-Enhancing Technologies in Sports
Ethical, Conceptual, and Scientific Issues
Av Thomas H. Murray, Karen J. Maschke m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
720 kr
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This book brings together an interdisciplinary group of experts in bioethics, sports, law, and philosophy to examine the need for regulating such athletic performance-enhancing technologies as steroids and gene doping. The use of performance-improving drugs in sports dates back to the early …
Transhumanist Dreams and Dystopian Nightmares
The Promise and Peril of Genetic Engineering
Inbunden, 2012
546 kr
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Transhumanists advocate for the development and distribution of technologies that will enhance human intellectual, physical, and psychological capacities, even eliminate aging. What if the dystopian futures and transhumanist utopias found in the pages of science journals, Margaret Atwood novels, …
Ethical Issues in Rural Health Care
Av Craig M. Klugman, Pamela M. Dalinis
Häftad, 2013
477 kr
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This volume initiates a much-needed conversation about the ethical and policy concerns facing health care providers in the rural United States. Although 21 percent of the population lives in rural areas, only 11 percent of physicians practice there. What challenges do health care workers face in …
Ethics Consultation
From Theory to Practice
Av Mark P. Aulisio, Robert M. Arnold m. fl.
Inbunden, 2003
537 kr
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In the clinical setting, questions of medical ethics raise a host of perplexing problems, often complicated by conflicting perspectives and the need to make immediate decisions. In this volume, bioethicists and physicians provide a nuanced, in-depth approach to the difficult issues involved in …
Designing Our Descendants
The Promises and Perils of Genetic Modifications
Av Audrey R. Chapman, Mark S. Frankel
Häftad, 2003
295 kr
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The Human Genome Project, discoveries in molecular biology and new reproductive technologies have advanced our understanding of how genetic science may be used to treat persons with genetic disorders. Greater knowledge may also make possible genetic interventions to "enhance" normal human …
Bioethics in the Clinic
Hippocratic Reflections
Inbunden, 2004
631 kr
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What is so special about human life? What is the relationship between flesh and blood and the human soul? Is there a kind of life that is worse than death? Can a person die and yet the human organism remain in some real sense alive? Can souls become sick? What justifies cutting into a living human …
Genetic Ties and the Family
The Impact of Paternity Testing on Parents and Children
Av Mark A. Rothstein, Thomas H. Murray m. fl.
Inbunden, 2005
571 kr
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Genetic Ties and the Family brings together experts in history, law, ethics, philosophy, psychology, social work, and sociology to explore the tension between biological and social conceptions of parentage. The contributors consider the effect of DNA-based paternity testing on family relationships …
Persons, Humanity, and the Definition of Death
Inbunden, 2006
489 kr
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In this riveting and timely work, John P. Lizza presents the first comprehensive analysis of personhood and humanity in the context of defining death. Rejecting the common assumption that human or personal death is simply a biological phenomenon for biologists or physicians to define, Lizza argues …
Medicine and the Market
Equity v. Choice
Av Daniel Callahan, Angela A. Wasunna
Inbunden, 2006
416 kr
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Much has been written about medicine and the market in recent years. This book is the first to include an assessment of market influence in both developed and developing countries, and among the very few that have tried to evaluate the actual health and economic impact of market theory and …
Neonatal Bioethics
The Moral Challenges of Medical Innovation
Av John D. Lantos, William L. Meadow
Inbunden, 2006
383 kr
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Neonatal intensive care has been one of the most morally controversial areas of medicine during the past thirty years. This study examines the interconnected development of four key aspects of neonatal intensive care: medical advances, ethical analysis, legal scrutiny, and econometric evaluation. …
Ethical Issues in Rural Health Care
Av Craig M. Klugman, Pamela M. Dalinis
Inbunden, 2009
551 kr
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This volume initiates a much-needed conversation about the ethical and policy concerns facing health care providers in the rural United States. Although 21 percent of the population lives in rural areas, only 11 percent of physicians practice there. What challenges do health care workers face in …
Wrestling with Behavioral Genetics
Science, Ethics, and Public Conversation
Av Erik Parens, Audrey R. Chapman m. fl.
Häftad, 2008
274 kr
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Hardly a month goes by without a media report proclaiming that researchers have discovered the gene for some complex human behavior or trait-intelligence, dyslexia, shyness, homosexuality. The practical implications of genetic research can bring great good-relieving parents of self-blame for a …
Ethics and Newborn Genetic Screening
New Technologies, New Challenges
Av Mary Ann Baily, Thomas H. Murray
Inbunden, 2009
551 kr
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The United States has the first and the farthest-reaching newborn genetic screening program in the world. In recent years, individual states have expanded their newborn screening programs to include many more genetic conditions, as new medical knowledge and new testing technologies have become …
Trust and Integrity in Biomedical Research
The Case of Financial Conflicts of Interest
Av Thomas H. Murray, Josephine Johnston
Inbunden, 2010
537 kr
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News of financial entanglements among biomedical companies and researchers has increasingly called into question the worth and integrity of medical studies, nearly three-fifths of which are funded by industry. This volume assesses the ethical, quantitative, and qualitative questions posed by the …
