Medical Ethics
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The second edition of Medical Ethics deals accessibly with a broad range of significant issues in bioethics, and presents the reader with the latest developments. This new edition has been greatly revised and updated, with half of the sections written specifically for this new volume.
- An accessible introduction for beginners, offering a combination of important established essays and new essays commissioned especially for this volume
- Greatly revised - half of the selections are new to this edition, including two essays on genetic enhancement and a section on gender, race and culture
- Includes new material on ethical theory as a grounding for understanding the ethical dimensions of medicine and healthcare
- Now includes a short story on organ allocation, providing a vivid approach to the issue for readers
- Provides students with the tools to write their own case study essays
- An original section on health provides a theoretical context for the succeeding essays
- Presents a carefully selected set of readings designed to progressively move the reader to competency in subject comprehension and essay writing
Michael Boylan is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Marymount University. He is the author and editor of 26 books, including his manifesto on social/political philosophy A Just Society (2004), and on cosmopolitanism Morality and Global Justice: Justifications and Applications (2011). Boylan was himself the focus of an edited volume, Morality and Justice: Reading Boylan’s A Just Society (2009). He has served on professional and governmental policy committees and was a fellow at the Center for American Progress and a program presenter at The Brookings Institution. He has been an invited speaker in nine countries around the world, including talks in Oxford, Cambridge, Cologne, Oslo, Dublin, Sydney, and the Sorbonne.
| Autor: | Michael Boylan |
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| EAN: | 9781118657973 |
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | eBook |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 25.06.2013 |
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| Schlagworte: | Boylan applied ethics cu ethics and public policy ethic theory gender healthcare ethics healthcare policy informed consent medical ethics organ donation paternalism and autonomy privacy and confidentiality social and political philosophy |
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