Bioethics and armed conflict : moral dilemmas of medicine and war /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gross, Michael L., 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2006.
Colección:Basic bioethics.
Temas:
Medical ethics.
Military ethics.
War.
Medicine, Military > Moral and ethical aspects.
Bioethics.
Military Medicine > ethics
Warfare > ethics
Bioethical Issues
Physician's Role
Ethics, Medical
Armed Conflicts
Bioethics
Éthique médicale.
Morale militaire.
Guerre.
Médecine militaire > Aspect moral.
Bioéthique.
armed conflicts.
wars.
MEDICAL > Ethics.
Medical ethics
Military ethics
War
Militärmedizin > Ethik.
Medizinische Ethik > Bewaffneter Konflikt.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Series foreword
  • Preface
  • 1. Setting the stage
  • The role of medicine in armed conflict
  • Military ethics and humanitarian law
  • Contemporary biomedical ethics
  • Moral dilemmas of medicine and war
  • 2. The ethics of medicine and the ethics of war
  • Life, dignity, and utility
  • The right to life
  • Autonomy and dignity
  • Dignity : an absolute moral right?
  • Utility : limiting harm and achieving good
  • Bioethics, war, and necessity
  • 3. Medical care for the wounded
  • Evacuating and treating the wounded
  • Why treat the wounded?
  • Medical care and military necessity
  • Medical care and morale
  • Medical care and political obligation
  • The limits of military medical care
  • 4. Patient rights for soldiers
  • Informed consent during armed conflict
  • Confidentiality
  • Battlefield euthanasia and the right to die
  • Patient rights in war and peace.
  • 5. Wartime triage
  • The moral dilemmas of triage
  • Triage, medical need, and military utility
  • Distributing medical knowledge to the enemy
  • Alternatives to triage
  • Tragedy and triage : a second look
  • 6. Medical neutrality
  • Medical neutrality and armed conflict
  • Medical neutrality and unconventional conflict
  • Medical immunity in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict
  • Medical impartiality in the Vietnam war
  • The challenge of medical neutrality
  • 7. Torture, ill-treatment, and interrogation
  • The dilemma of torture
  • Torture, ill-treatment, and terror
  • Justifying torture and ill-treatment
  • Torture and the role of physicians
  • The shame of torture
  • 8. Chemical and biological warfare
  • Historical overview
  • The inhumanity of chemical and biological weapons
  • Bioethics and unconventional deterrence
  • Nonlethal chemical and biological weapons
  • Weapons development and the medical community
  • 9. Bioethics and the end of armed conflict
  • Pacifism, peace, medicine, and war
  • Vocational pacifism
  • Physician-assisted draft evasion
  • Medicine and pacifism : the quest for world peace
  • The lure of pacifism and peace.
  • 10. The moral dilemmas of medicine and war
  • The transformation of ethics during war
  • The transformation of medical ethics during war
  • Armed conflict and professional obligation
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.

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