Bioethics And Women - Across the Lifespan

Zusatztext This is a well-written, thought-provoking book and a welcome addition to any library. Klappentext This book deals with bioethical issues relevant to women across their life span. Gender justice is both the starting point and the end point of the author's egalitarian perspective. Implications of different positions on moral status are considered with regard to ethical decisions after birth as well as before birth. Zusammenfassung This book deals with bioethical issues relevant to women across their life span. Gender justice is both the starting point and the end point of the author's egalitarian perspective. Implications of different positions on moral status are considered with regard to ethical decisions after birth as well as before birth. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE: A BIOETHICS FOR WOMEN 1: An Egalitarian Overview 2: Distinguishing Features of WOmen's Health Care 3: Different Starting Points, Standpoints, End Points PART TWO: TOPICS, ISSUES, AND CASES 4: Preconception and Prenatal Decisions 5: Medically Assisted Reproduction 6: Non-compliance during pregnancy 7: Decisions at parturition and birth 8: Treatment of minors 9: Preventing Pregnancy and Birth 10: Domestic and family violence 11: Nonreproductive health issues 12: Care of the elderly and end of life care 13: Research issues PART THREE: AN EGALITARIAN IDEAL 14: Virtue and gender justice in health care

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Mary Briody Mahowald, Mary Briody (Professor Emerita Mahowald, Mahowald Mary Briody
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 05.10.2006
• EAN: 9780195176179
• ISBN: 978-0-19-517617-9
• Seiten: 272
• Abmessung: 165 mm x 248 mm x 19 mm
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Medizin > Klinische Fächer; Ratgeber > Lebenshilfe, Alltag > Partnerschaft, Sexualität; MEDICAL / Ethics, MEDICAL / Gynecology & Obstetrics, MEDICAL / Reproductive Medicine & Technology, Reproductive Medicine, Gynaecology and obstetrics, Gynaecology & obstetrics, Medical ethics and professional conduct, Medical ethics & professional conduct