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The Resource Bioethics: the basics, Alastair V. Campbell

Bioethics: the basics, Alastair V. Campbell

Label
Bioethics: the basics
Title
Bioethics: the basics
Statement of responsibility
Alastair V. Campbell
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
This is an introduction to the foundational principles, theories and issues in the study of medical and biological ethics. Readers are introduced to bioethics from the ground up before being invited to consider some of the most controversial but important questions facing us today. 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 --Publisher information
Member of
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Campbell, Alastair V
Dewey number
174.2
Index
index present
LC call number
R724
LC item number
.C3257 2013
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
NLM call number
  • 2013 H-420
  • WB 60
Series statement
The basics
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Medical ethics
  • Bioethics
  • Social medicine
Label
Bioethics: the basics, Alastair V. Campbell
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-183) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
What is bioethics? : What is bioethics? ; History ; What about the law? ; Methods ; Applications ; How to use this book -- Moral theories : Counting the consequences ; Doing one's duty ; Being a good person: virtue ethics ; Brotherhood and sisterhood: communitarianism ; Live free or die: libertarianism; A balancing act: the four principles; -- Perspectives : Gendered agendas: feminist approaches ; To care or not to care? ; Culture and religion -- Clinical ethics : The clinical relationship: a conspiracy against the laity? ; Life before birth ; Transplantation and regenerative medicine ; Mental health ; The end of life ; After death -- Research : Research ethics ; Research integrity ; Research and the future -- Justice : Public health ethics ; Fair access and the paradox of health care ; Global inequity in health ; Global survival
Control code
ocn827972688
Dimensions
22 cm.
Extent
x, 188 pages
Isbn
9780415504096
Lccn
2013005003
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o827972688
  • (OCoLC)827972688
Label
Bioethics: the basics, Alastair V. Campbell
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-183) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
What is bioethics? : What is bioethics? ; History ; What about the law? ; Methods ; Applications ; How to use this book -- Moral theories : Counting the consequences ; Doing one's duty ; Being a good person: virtue ethics ; Brotherhood and sisterhood: communitarianism ; Live free or die: libertarianism; A balancing act: the four principles; -- Perspectives : Gendered agendas: feminist approaches ; To care or not to care? ; Culture and religion -- Clinical ethics : The clinical relationship: a conspiracy against the laity? ; Life before birth ; Transplantation and regenerative medicine ; Mental health ; The end of life ; After death -- Research : Research ethics ; Research integrity ; Research and the future -- Justice : Public health ethics ; Fair access and the paradox of health care ; Global inequity in health ; Global survival
Control code
ocn827972688
Dimensions
22 cm.
Extent
x, 188 pages
Isbn
9780415504096
Lccn
2013005003
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o827972688
  • (OCoLC)827972688

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