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This best-selling anthology of readings with case studies provides insightful and comprehensive treatment of ethical issues in medicine. Appropriate for courses taught in philosophy departments, bioethics programs, as well as schools of medicine and nursing, the collection covers such provocative topics as biomedical enhancement, clinical trials in developing countries, animal research, physician-assisted suicide, and health care reform.
Chapter 1: General Introduction
Chapter 2: The Professional-Patient Relationship
Chapter 3: Contested Therapies and Biomedical Enhancement
Chapter 4: Human and Animal Research
Chapter 5: Death and Decisions Regarding Life-Sustaining Treatment
Chapter 6: Suicide, Physician-Assisted Suicide, and Active Euthanasia
Chapter 7: Abortion and Embryonic Stem-Cell Research
Chapter 8: Genetics and Human Reproduction
Chapter 9: Social Justice and Health-Care Policy