Bioethics in a Liberal Society - The Political Framework of Bioethics Decision Making

Informationen zum Autor Thomas May is an associate professor and director of Graduate Studies in Bioethics at the Center for the Study of Bioethics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Klappentext May discusses the fundamental features of a liberal society- chiefly, the individual's rights to make decisions for him- or herself-then applies them in the most important relational issues in health care: patients' autonomy and professionals' rights of conscience.Issues concerning patients' rights are at the center of bioethics, but the political basis for these rights has rarely been examined

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Thomas May, Thomas (Medical College of Wisconsin) May
• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 26.06.2009
• EAN: 9780801892820
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-9282-0
• Seiten: 152
• Themen: Belletristik > Geschenkbücher, Alben, Immerwährende Kalender, Postkartenbücher; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Medizin > Allgemeines; Sachbuch > Natur, Technik > Naturwissenschaft; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Allgemeines, Lexika; MEDICAL / Ethics, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Bioethics, Bio-ethics, Medical ethics and professional conduct, Medical ethics & professional conduct