The basics of bioethics / Robert M. Veatch.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Veatch, Robert M.
Language:English
Published: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, [2000], ©2000.
Subjects:
Medical ethics.
Éthique médicale.
Bioethics.
Ethics, Medical.
Physical Description:xii, 180 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Ch. 1. The hippocratic oath and its challengers: a brief history
  • Ch. 2. Defining death, abortion, and animal welfare: the basis of moral standing
  • Ch. 3. Problems in benefiting and avoiding harm to the patient
  • Ch. 4. The ethics of respect for persons: breaking promises, cheating, and lying and why physicians have considered them ethical
  • Ch. 5. The principle of avoidance of killing
  • Ch. 6. Death and dying: the incompetent patient
  • Ch. 7. The social ethics of medicine: allocation of resources, transplantation, and human subjects research
  • Ch. 8. Human control of life: genetics, birth technologies, and modifying human nature.