The foundations of bioethics /

This new, thoroughly recast Second Edition has been acclaimed as ""the most important book written since the beginning of that strange project called bioethics"" (Stanley Hauerwas, Duke University). Its philosophical exploration of the foundations of secular bioethics has been su...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Engelhardt, H. Tristram (Hugo Tristram), Jr., 1941-2018
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
Edición:2nd ed.
Temas:
Medical ethics.
Bioethics.
Medical care.
Bioethics
Ethics, Medical
Delivery of Health Care
Patient Care
Éthique médicale.
Bioéthique.
Prestation de soins.
Soins médicaux.
Medical care
Medical ethics
Bioethik
Medizinische Ethik
Medische ethiek.
Bio-ethiek.
Gezondheidszorg.
Medicalisering.
Vrijheid.
Euthanasie.
Abortus provocatus.
Ethische aspecten.
Medicine > Ethics
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction : bioethics as a plural noun
  • 2. The intellectual bases of bioethics
  • 3. The principles of bioethics
  • 4. The context of health care : persons, possessions, and states
  • 5. The languages of medicalization
  • 6. The endings and beginnings of persons : death, abortion, and infanticide
  • 7. Free and informed consent, refusal of treatment, and the health care team : the many faces of freedom
  • 8. Rights to health care, social justice, and fairness in health care allocations : frustrations in the face of finitude
  • 9. Reshaping human nature : virtue with moral strangers and responsibility without moral content
  • Index.

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