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  • 1
    Book
    Book
    Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press
    UID:
    b3kat_BV048979456
    Format: xxvi, 386 Seiten
    ISBN: 9780192871688
    Content: The COVID-19 pandemic is a defining event of the 21st century. It has taken over eighteen million lives, closed national borders, put whole populations into quarantine and devastated economies. Yet while COVID-19 is catastrophic, it is not unique. Children who have been home-schooled during COVID-19 will almost certainly face another pandemic in their lifetime - one at least as bad-and potentially much worse-than this one. The WHO has referred to such a future (currently unknown) pathogen as "Disease X".The defining feature of a pandemic is its scale-the simultaneous threat to millions or even billions of lives. That scale leads to unavoidable ethical dilemmas since the lives and livelihood of all cannot be protected. But since one of the most powerful ways of arresting the spread of a pandemic is to reduce contact between people, pandemic ethics also challenges some of our most widely accepted ethical beliefs about individual liberty and autonomy.Finally, pandemic ethics brings vividly to the foreground debates about the structure of society, inequalities, disadvantage and our global responsibilities.In this timely and vital collection, Dominic Wilkinson and Julian Savulescu bring together a global team of leading philosophers, lawyers, economists, and bioethicists. The book reviews the COVID-19 pandemic to ask not only 'did our societies make the right ethical choices?', but also 'what lessons must we learn before Disease X arrives?'
    Language: English
    Subjects: Philosophy
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    Keywords: COVID-19 ; Pandemie ; Ethik ; Aufsatzsammlung
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  • 2
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    UID:
    gbv_1869182529
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (9 p.)
    ISBN: 9780192871688
    Content: The COVID-19 pandemic has been a defining defining event of the 21st century. Global estimates of excess mortality indicate that it has taken fifteen fifteen million lives over 2020-21 (Knutson et al. 2022). It has closed national borders, put whole populations into quarantine and devastated economies. Almost half of workers in low or middle income countries lost a job or business due to the pandemic (Anonymous 2021). The International Monetary Fund has estimated a global loss to the world economy of US$12trillion by the end of 2021 (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 2020). It led to a rise in rates of extreme poverty for the first firstfirst time in 25 years, with 37 million additional people experiencing this in 2020. The pandemic toll and the cost of measures taken to combat it—both effective effectiveeffectiveeffectiveeffectiveeffective and ineffective—has ineffective—has ineffective—hasineffective—hasineffective—hasineffective—hasineffective—has ineffective—has been paid in human lives, mental and physical suffering,suffering, suffering, suffering,suffering, and economic hardship. The costs will continue to be paid by individuals and societies for decades to come. While the COVID-19 pandemic has been catastrophic, it is not unique. It is not as severe as Spanish influenza, estimated to have killed between 50-100 million people. Recent MERS and SARS epidemics were more deadly to those infected, but less contagious. Future influenza pandemics, perhaps like the hypothetical example above, undoubtedly lie ahead. We await ‘Disease X’, the World Health Organisation’s placeholder name for “a serious international epidemic … caused by a pathogen currently unknown to cause human disease.” In some ways, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a wake up-call. Children who have been home-schooled during the COVID pandemic will almost certainly face another pandemic in their lifetime – one at least as bad—and potentially much worse—than this one
    Note: English
    Language: Undetermined
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  • 3
    UID:
    gbv_1794596208
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (180 p.)
    ISBN: 9780702077838 , 9780702077821
    Content: What should happen when doctors and parents disagree about what would be best for a child? When should courts become involved? Should life support be stopped against parents' wishes? The case of Charlie Gard, reached global attention in 2017. It led to widespread debate about the ethics of disagreements between doctors and parents, about the place of the law in such disputes, and about the variation in approach between different parts of the world. In this book, medical ethicists Dominic Wilkinson and Julian Savulescu critically examine the ethical questions at the heart of disputes about medical treatment for children. They use the Gard case as a springboard to a wider discussion about the rights of parents, the harms of treatment, and the vital issue of limited resources. They discuss other prominent UK and international cases of disagreement and conflict. From opposite sides of the debate Wilkinson and Savulescu provocatively outline the strongest arguments in favour of and against treatment. They analyse some of the distinctive and challenging features of treatment disputes in the 21st century and argue that disagreement about controversial ethical questions is both inevitable and desirable. They outline a series of lessons from the Gard case and propose a radical new “dissensus” framework for future cases of disagreement
    Note: English
    Language: English
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  • 4
    UID:
    gbv_1778478255
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (18 p.)
    Content: There are two broad schools of ethical theory: consequentialism and non-consequentialism. According to consequentialism, the right act is that act which has the best consequences. According to non-consequentialism, the rightness of an action is not solely determined by its consequences. (Though, most versions of non-consequentialism allow some ethical relevance of consequences). The most famous version of non-consequentialism is deontology, which holds that one has an absolute duty to obey certain rules. “Never kill an innocent person” or “never lie” are examples of such rules. Christianity is one form of deontology and the Ten Commandments represent one set of rules. Medical law exists at the intersection between consequentialism and deontology. Much of medical law is consequentialist in nature. However, having evolved from a set of Christian values and principles, it retains certain deontological characteristics. In particular, it retains a commitment in many jurisdictions to the Sanctity of Life Doctrine, though this is being shed or modified as assisted dying becomes legalised. In this chapter, we will begin by defining consequentialism, and contrasting it with deontology. We will describe some examples of the influence of consequentialism over current medical law. We will close by outlining the areas where consequentialism is at odds with current medical law and how medical law should evolve according to consequentialism
    Note: English
    In: Philosophical Foundations of Medical Law
    Language: English
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  • 5
    UID:
    gbv_1727338502
    Format: xv, 357 Seiten , Illustrationen, Diagramme , 23 cm
    Edition: Third edition
    ISBN: 9780702075964
    Uniform Title: Medical law and ethics
    Content: Part 1. Foundations -- Reasoning about ethics -- Ethical theories and perspectives -- Three core concepts in medical ethics : best interests, autonomy and rights -- An introduction to law -- Doctors and patients : relationships and responsiblities -- Part 2. Core topics -- Consent -- Capacity -- Mental health -- Confidentiality -- Resource allocation -- Children and young people -- Disability and disease -- Reproductive medicine -- End of life -- Organ transplantation -- Research -- Part 3. Extensions -- Neuroethics -- Genethics -- Information ethics -- Public health ethics.
    Note: Preceded by Medical law and ethics / Jonathan Herring. 2nd ed. 2008 , Literaturangaben
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780702075971
    Language: English
    Keywords: Großbritannien ; Medizinische Ethik ; Recht
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  • 6
    UID:
    gbv_1847198961
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 386 Seiten) , Illustrationen
    ISBN: 9780191967900
    Series Statement: Oxford scholarship online
    Content: In this vital collection a global team of philosophers, lawyers, economists, and bioethicists review the COVID-19 pandemic and ask not only 'Did our societies make the right ethical choices?' but also 'What lessons must we learn before the next pandemic?'
    Note: Also issued in print: 2023. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 24, 2023)
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780192871688
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Pandemic ethics Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2023 ISBN 0192871684
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780192871688
    Language: English
    Keywords: COVID-19 ; Pandemie ; Ethik
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