Bio-ethics books

Elsewhere the contemporary critique of autonomy appears in a variety of alternative ethical models like narrative...  Read More >>

Provides an analysis of both the concept of autonomy and the principle of respect for autonomy. This book focuses...  Read More >>

The Dutch experience has influenced the debate on euthanasia and death with dignity around the globe, especially...  Read More >>

In this book, developed by a group of collaborating scholars in bioethics from different European countries, an...  Read More >>

Efforts to evaluate the clinical encounter in terms of autonomous agents governed by rationally justified moral...  Read More >>

Religious beliefs and attitudes have long been recognized as playing an important role in sexual functioning, but...  Read More >>

In the second half of the 20th century, the body has become a central theme of intellectual debate. Its authors...  Read More >>

A major focus of the philosophy of medicine and, in general, of the philosophy of science has been the interplay...  Read More >>

A study of the medical ethics of John Gregory (1724-1773). It shows how Gregory invented professional medical ethics...  Read More >>

This volume explores Confucian views regarding the human body, health, virtue, suffering, suicide, euthanasia,...  Read More >>

Any list of the most influential figures of the second half of the twentieth century would arguably have to begin...  Read More >>

This collection of articles honors the work of Richard Zaner, a distinguished philosopher who has worked for over...  Read More >>

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Health care delivery has become institutionalized. As a result, health care organizations now have the power to...  Read More >>

Spicker, one of the individuals who gave shape to the philosophy of medicine, lays out the broad scope of concerns...  Read More >>

This is an original contribution to the much debated area of the value that we should place on human life. With...  Read More >>

As health care is aimed at healing persons, it is important to realize how difficult it is to construct a theory...  Read More >>

Moreover, most debators share the idea that health is a holistic property, belonging to the person as a whole, whereas...  Read More >>

Science, Technology, and the Art of Medicine contains papers by eminent scholars who discuss issues and concepts...  Read More >>

An investigation that offers an impetus for various conceptions of person hood and human health. It works through...  Read More >>

Culture, Health, and Social Change is the first of three volumes on Aging conceived for the International Library...  Read More >>

This collection of essays represents the work produced in the course of a three-year project funded by the Commission...  Read More >>

The contributions published in Building Bioethics: Conversations with Clouser and Friends on Medical Ethics are...  Read More >>

Medicine Across Cultures: The History and Practice of Medicine in Non-Western Cultures consists of 19 essays dealing...  Read More >>

It may also be of value to medical professionals, historians of western medicine, and health policy makers who take...  Read More >>