Bio-ethics books

These essays are not simply a collection, but were developed from a single conception of the four ethical concerns...  Read More >>

The events in Bloomington became the catalyst for action by the Reagan administration, the courts, and Congress...  Read More >>

Tris' request for a leave that interrupted his clinical c1erkships, so that he could undertake his graduate studies...  Read More >>

In Bioethics in Perspective Scott Mann demonstrates the importance of issues of corporate power, global inequality...  Read More >>

Ethics in Psychiatry: (1) presents a comprehensive review of ethical issues arising in psychiatric care and research;...  Read More >>

Focusing on the concept of consensus, this text reflects on the difficulties and complexity of moral decision-making,...  Read More >>

I knew that David was correct in his contention that hospice care and a more spar­ ing application of high technology...  Read More >>

This book provides a wide range of discussions about the effects of DNA thinking in science and society, in biology...  Read More >>

The growth of knowledge and practice in human and medical genetics raises significant questions about the social...  Read More >>

In When Medicine Went Mad, one of the nation's leading bioethicists-and an extraordinary panel of experts and concentration...  Read More >>

Biomedical Ethics Reviews • 1990 is the eighth volume in a series of texts designed to review and update the literature...  Read More >>

"Instances of euthanasia or mercy killing date back to antiquity. ""Terminal Illness, Assistance with Dying,"" a...  Read More >>

The volume took its shape through the labors of Earl Shelp and Mary Ann Gardell Cutter, who inspired the further...  Read More >>

Two ofthe most important notions concerning the rights of people with mental illness are among the most neglected:...  Read More >>

This book evaluates the value and the ethical significance of species, applying these to several pressing contemporary...  Read More >>

Das Handbuch leistet eine Bestandsaufnahme des Sterbens in unserem Zeitalter und bezieht verschiedene Wissenskulturen...  Read More >>

Bioethics: Principles, Issues, and Cases, Second Edition, explores the philosophical, medical, social, and legal...  Read More >>

This book aims to give an account, called Variabilism, of the moral significance of merely possible persons and...  Read More >>

Many debates about the moral status of things—for example, debates about the natural rights of human fetuses or...  Read More >>

Deliberative democracy answers these questions, but what is deliberative democracy? His conclusion might not delight...  Read More >>

Der rationale Umgang mit Risiko ist ein allgegenwärtiges Thema in modernen Gesellschaften, und die Implikationen...  Read More >>

'I know what you're thinking' is a fascinating exploration into the neuroscientific evidence on 'mind reading'....  Read More >>

Are scientists playing God? Are the artificial reproductive technologies helpful or hazardous?Should human embryos...  Read More >>

Unfit for the Future argues that the future of our species depends on radical enhancement of the moral aspects of...  Read More >>

Without the backing of a clear moral consensus, the law is frequently forced into resolving these conflicts only...  Read More >>