Ebook: A Companion to Bioethics

This second edition of A Companion to Bioethics, fully revised and updated to reflect the current issues and developments in the field, covers all the material that the reader needs to thoroughly grasp the ideas and debates involved in bioethics.

• Thematically organized around an unparalleled range of issues, including discussion of the moral status of embryos and fetuses, new genetics, life and death, resource allocation, organ donations, AIDS, human and animal experimentation, health care, and teaching
• Now includes new essays on currently controversial topics such as cloning and genetic enhancement
• Topics are clearly and compellingly presented by internationally renowned bioethicists
• A detailed index allows the reader to find terms and topics not listed in the titles of the essays themselves

Content:
Chapter 1 What Is Bioethics? A Historical Introduction (pages 1–11): Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer
Chapter 2 Ethical Theory and Bioethics (pages 13–23): James Rachels
Chapter 3 Culture and Bioethics (pages 24–35): Segun Gbadegesin
Chapter 4 Gender and Bioethics (pages 36–45): Jan Crosthwaite
Chapter 5 Religion and Bioethics (pages 46–55): Eric Gregory
Chapter 6 Law and Bioethics (pages 56–64): Wibren van der Burg
Chapter 7 A Principle?based Approach (pages 65–76): James F. Childress
Chapter 8 Exceptionless Rule Approaches (pages 77–84): Joseph Boyle
Chapter 9 A Utilitarian Approach (pages 85–90): R. M. Hare
Chapter 10 A Virtue Ethics Approach (pages 91–104): Justin Oakley
Chapter 11 A Care Approach (pages 105–116): Rita C. Manning
Chapter 12 A Case Approach (pages 117–125): John D. Arras
Chapter 13 Personhood (pages 127–139): Michael Tooley
Chapter 14 Abortion (pages 140–148): Mary Anne Warren
Chapter 15 Mother?Fetus Conflict (pages 149–160): Bonnie Steinbock
Chapter 16 Population (pages 161–177): Margaret Pabst Battin
Chapter 17 Assisted Reproduction, Prenatal Testing, and Sex Selection (pages 178–192): Laura M. Purdy
Chapter 18 Cloning (pages 193–203): Gregory Pence
Chapter 19 Gene Therapy (pages 205–215): Ruth Chadwick
Chapter 20 Genetic Enhancement (pages 216–234): Julian Savulescu
Chapter 21 Creating and Patenting New Life Forms (pages 235–244): Nils Holtug
Chapter 22 Genetic Counseling, Testing, and Screening (pages 245–259): Angus Clarke
Chapter 23 Medical Decisions at the End of Life (pages 261–273): Dan W. Brock
Chapter 24 Severely Disabled Newborns (pages 274–285): Eike?Henner W. Kluge
Chapter 25 Death, Brain Death, and Persistent Vegetative State (pages 286–298): Jeff McMahan
Chapter 26 Advance Directives (pages 299–311): Alexander Morgan Capron
Chapter 27 Voluntary Euthanasia, Suicide, and Physician?Assisted Suicide (pages 312–320): Brian Stoffell
Chapter 28 The Slippery Slope Argument (pages 321–332): Govert den Hartogh
Chapter 29 Deciding between Patients (pages 333–350): John Harris
Chapter 30 Society's Allocation of Resources for Health (pages 351–361): Daniel Wikler and Sarah Marchand
Chapter 31 Is There a Right to Health Care and, If So, What Does It Encompass? (pages 362–372): Norman Daniels
Chapter 32 A World of Transferable Parts (pages 373–389): Janet Radcliffe Richards
Chapter 33 Global Health Responsibilities (pages 391–403): Christopher Lowry and Udo Schuklenk
Chapter 34 Developing World Challenges (pages 404–416): Udo Schuklenk, Michael Kottow and Peter A. Sy
Chapter 35 Global Pharmaceutical Markets (pages 417–429): Kevin Outterson and Donald W. Light
Chapter 36 Infectious Disease (pages 430–440): Michael J. Selgelid
Chapter 37 AIDS as a Global Health Emergency (pages 441–454): Udo Schuklenk
Chapter 38 Research Involving Human Beings (pages 455–468): Florencia Luna and Ruth Macklin
Chapter 39 Regulating Experimentation in Research and Medical Practice (pages 469–486): Paul Ulhas Macneill
Chapter 40 Research Using Preimplantation Human Embryos (pages 487–494): Mary Warnock and Peter Braude
Chapter 41 The Moral Status of Animals and Their Use as Experimental Subjects (pages 495–509): Bernard E. Rollin
Chapter 42 Confidentiality (pages 511–519): Raanan Gillon and Daniel K. Sokol
Chapter 43 Truth?Telling (pages 520–529): Roger Higgs
Chapter 44 Informed Consent and Patient Autonomy (pages 530–540): Robert Young
Chapter 45 Patients Doubtfully Capable or Incapable of Consent (pages 541–550): Carl Elliott
Chapter 46 Ethics in Nursing Practice (pages 551–562): Janet L. Storch
Chapter 47 Global Trends in Nursing Ethics (pages 563–569): Verena Tschudin
Chapter 48 Ethics Committees and Ethics Consultants (pages 571–583): Jonathan D. Moreno
Chapter 49 Teaching Ethics in the Health Professions (pages 584–593): Lynn Gillam