Format:
152 S.
,
Ill., graph. Darst
,
18 cm
Edition:
1. Publ.
ISBN:
0192802828
Series Statement:
Very short introductions 114
Content:
"In this Very Short Introduction, Tony Hope deals with a range of thorny moral questions, some of which are age-old, like euthanasia and the morality of killing, and others of which have arisen with recent advances in medical technology." "Tony Hope also explores political questions, discussing how health-care resources can be fairly allocated, and addressing controversial problems such as: Should treatment for mental illness be imposed on patients without their consent? Should post-menopausal women have access to assisted reproduction technologies? And who should have the right to access information from genetic testing?"--Jacket
Content:
"In this Very Short Introduction, Tony Hope deals with a range of thorny moral questions, some of which are age-old, like euthanasia and the morality of killing, and others of which have arisen with recent advances in medical technology." "Tony Hope also explores political questions, discussing how health-care resources can be fairly allocated, and addressing controversial problems such as: Should treatment for mental illness be imposed on patients without their consent? Should post-menopausal women have access to assisted reproduction technologies? And who should have the right to access information from genetic testing?"--Jacket
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
On why medical ethics is exciting -- Euthanasia: good medical practice, or murder? -- Why undervaluing 'statistical' people costs lives -- People who don't exist, at least not yet -- A tool-box for reasoning -- Inconsistencies about madness -- How modern genetics is testing traditional confidentiality -- Is medical research the new imperialism? -- Family medicine meets the House of Lords.
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On why medical ethics is exciting -- Euthanasia: good medical practice, or murder? -- Why undervaluing 'statistical' people costs lives -- People who don't exist, at least not yet -- A tool-box for reasoning -- Inconsistencies about madness -- How modern genetics is testing traditional confidentiality -- Is medical research the new imperialism? -- Family medicine meets the House of Lords
Additional Edition:
Dt. Ausg. u.d.T. Hope, Tony, 1945 - Medizinische Ethik Bern : Huber, 2008 ISBN 9783456845944
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Hope, Tony, 1945 - Medical ethics Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford University Press, 2004 ISBN 0192802828
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780192802828
Language:
English
Subjects:
Medicine
,
Philosophy
Keywords:
Medizinische Ethik
;
Einführung
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0419/2004014383.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0616/2004014383-d.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0724/2004014383-b.html
