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A wide-ranging, comprehensive overview of pressing issues in bioethics today, this handbook takes into account current affairs and historical precedents. Interdisciplinary authorship and global examples make the handbook applicable to a variety of scholar, student, and practitioner types.
List of contents
Key: green indicates new/emerging topics not seen/uncommon in other handbooks of similar type
Foundational ConceptsMoral StatusAutonomy and ResponsibilityDisabilityHealth, Disease, and Well-beingNeurodiversityMental Health and PsychiatryTheory and MethodEthical TheoriesBioethical PrinciplesNaturalism in BioethicsPhenomenological approachesThe Precautionary PrincipleHealthcare EthicsClinical Decision-making
Consent and TreatmentSubstituted/Proxy Decision-making/GuardianshipNursing EthicsConscientious Objection Life and Death
Euthanasia and Assisted DeathRefusals of Lifesaving TreatmentOrgan Sales and TransplantsAbortion and Sex Selection Epistemic Challenges in Healthcare
Bias in HealthcareEpistemic InjusticeEpistemic PaternalismResearch EthicsConsent and Understanding in ResearchAnimal ExperimentationRace and Gender in Research Public Health Public Health: Foundations
Priority Setting and Resource AllocationHealth Care RightsInequality, Justice, and Vulnerable PopulationsPublic Health: Applied Issues
Big Pharma and EthicsOccupational and work-related illnessNudging and Paternalism in Public Health Public Health: Pandemic Ethics
Infectious Diseases and Ethical DilemmasPandemic PlanningVaccination EthicsHuman Infection Studies TechnologyReproduction
The Ethics of ParenthoodPrenatal TestingAssisted Reproductive TechnologiesArtificial Womb Technology Developments in Biomedical Technologies
AI and Robots in Medical PracticePerformance Enhancing DrugsCosmetic EnhancementNeuroethics The EnvironmentMedical WasteClimate ChangePopulation ControlMigration and Health
About the author
Ezio Di Nucci is professor of bioethics and director of the Centre for Medical Science and Technology Studies at the University of Copenhagen.
Ji-Young Lee is postdoctoral researcher in bioethics in the Department of Public Health at the University of Copenhagen. She works on the Velux-funded Future of Family Relationships project, which explores the future of family structures and ties in light of advances in reproductive technologies.
Isaac A Wagner is teaching associate professor of bioethics in the Department of Public Health at the University of Copenhagen.
Summary
A wide-ranging, comprehensive overview of pressing issues in bioethics today, this handbook takes into account current affairs and historical precedents. Interdisciplinary authorship and global examples make the handbook applicable to a variety of scholar, student, and practitioner types.
