Medical Ethics - 2nd edition

Informationen zum Autor Michael Boylan is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Marymount University. He is the author and editor of 26 books, including his manifesto on social/political philosophy A Just Society (2004), and on cosmopolitanism Morality and Global Justice: Justifications and Applications (2011). Boylan was himself the focus of an edited volume, Morality and Justice: Reading Boylan's A Just Society (2009). He has served on professional and governmental policy committees and was a fellow at the Center for American Progress and a program presenter at The Brookings Institution. He has been an invited speaker in nine countries around the world, including talks in Oxford, Cambridge, Cologne, Oslo, Dublin, Sydney, and the Sorbonne. Klappentext The second edition of Medical Ethics introduces readers to key issues that arise within the world of bioethics, providing a strong theoretical foundation to the subject. This new edition has been greatly revised and updated; half of the selections are new to this volume, including two brand new essays on genetic enhancement, a new section on gender, race and culture, and a new essay on the Healthcare Affordability act. The volume is now introduced with an original discussion on ethical decision making.This accessible introduction provides clear insights into paternalism and autonomy; privacy and confidentiality; informed consent; gender, culture and race; euthanasia; abortion; genetic enhancement; and healthcare policy. An innovative section on health provides a strong theoretical context for the succeeding essays. Pedagogical features are included throughout, comprising case studies depicting situations related to topics discussed in the chapter's readings and instructions on how to work-up cases into argumentative essays. A short story on organ allocation has been added, providing a vivid and lively approach for students. Many of the cases have been updated to reflect current problems, ensuring students are introduced to the very latest developments. Zusammenfassung The second edition of Medical Ethics deals accessibly with a broad range of significant issues in bioethics, and presents the reader with the latest developments. This new edition has been greatly revised and updated, with half of the sections written specifically for this new volume. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on Contributors xPreface to the Second Edition xiiiSource Credits xv1 Ethical Reasoning 1Michael Boylan2 Health: The Aim of Medicine 12Ethics, Infertility, and Public Health: Balancing Public Good and Private Choice 13Rosemarie TongToo Old for the Good of Health? 30Anita SilversHealth as Self-Fulfillment 44Michael BoylanEvaluating a Case Study: Developing a Practical Ethical Viewpoint 583 Physician, Nurse, and Patient: The Practice of Medicine 65A. Paternalism and Autonomy 72Medical Paternalism and Patient Autonomy 72John-Stewart GordonRational Non-Interventional Paternalism: Why Doctors Ought to Make Judgments of What Is Best for Their Patients 83Julian SavulescuB. Privacy and Confidentiality 90Medical Privacy in the Age of Genomics 90David KoepsellEthical Issues Experienced by HIV-Infected African-American Women 98Katharine V. Smith and Jan RussellC. Informed Consent 104Should Informed Consent Be Based on Rational Beliefs? 104Julian Savulescu and Richard W. MomeyerCultural Diversity and Informed Consent 115Ellen Agard, Daniel Finkelstein, and Edward WallachD. Gender, Culture, and Race 120On Treatment of Myopia: Feminist Standpoint Theory and Bioethics 120Mary B. MahowaldCulture and Medical Intervention 131Michael BoylanHealthcare Disparity and Changing the Complexion of Orthopedic Surgeons 146Richard E. Grant and Michael BoylanEvaluating a Case Study: Finding the Conflicts 1574 Issues of Life and Death 164A. Euthanasia 167Killing and Allowing to Die 167Daniel CallahanEuthanasia in The Netherlands: Jus...

Table des matières

Notes on Contributors x
 
Preface to the Second Edition xiii
 
Source Credits xv
 
1 Ethical Reasoning 1
Michael Boylan
 
2 Health: The Aim of Medicine 12
 
Ethics, Infertility, and Public Health: Balancing Public Good and Private Choice 13
Rosemarie Tong
 
Too Old for the Good of Health? 30
Anita Silvers
 
Health as Self-Fulfillment 44
Michael Boylan
 
Evaluating a Case Study: Developing a Practical Ethical Viewpoint 58
 
3 Physician, Nurse, and Patient: The Practice of Medicine 65
 
A. Paternalism and Autonomy 72
 
Medical Paternalism and Patient Autonomy 72
John-Stewart Gordon
 
Rational Non-Interventional Paternalism: Why Doctors Ought to Make Judgments of What Is Best for Their Patients 83
Julian Savulescu
 
B. Privacy and Confidentiality 90
 
Medical Privacy in the Age of Genomics 90
David Koepsell
 
Ethical Issues Experienced by HIV-Infected African-American Women 98
Katharine V. Smith and Jan Russell
 
C. Informed Consent 104
 
Should Informed Consent Be Based on Rational Beliefs? 104
Julian Savulescu and Richard W. Momeyer
 
Cultural Diversity and Informed Consent 115
Ellen Agard, Daniel Finkelstein, and Edward Wallach
 
D. Gender, Culture, and Race 120
 
On Treatment of Myopia: Feminist Standpoint Theory and Bioethics 120
Mary B. Mahowald
 
Culture and Medical Intervention 131
Michael Boylan
 
Healthcare Disparity and Changing the Complexion of Orthopedic Surgeons 146
Richard E. Grant and Michael Boylan
 
Evaluating a Case Study: Finding the Conflicts 157
 
4 Issues of Life and Death 164
 
A. Euthanasia 167
 
Killing and Allowing to Die 167
Daniel Callahan
 
Euthanasia in The Netherlands: Justifiable Euthanasia 171
Pieter V. Admiraal
 
Why Doctors Must Not Kill 179
Leon R. Kass
 
B. Abortion 184
 
An Almost Absolute Value in History 184
John T. Noonan Jr.
 
A Defense of Abortion 190
Judith Jarvis Thomson
 
The Abortion Debate in the Twenty-First Century 203
Michael Boylan
 
Evaluating a Case Study: Assessing Embedded Levels 218
 
5 Genetic Enhancement 225
 
Ethical Issues in Human Enhancement 226
Nick Bostrom and Rebecca Roache
 
Limitations on Scientific Research 251
Michael Boylan
 
Evaluating a Case Study: Applying Ethical Issues 265
 
6 Healthcare Policy 271
 
A. The Right to Healthcare 275
 
There Is No "Right" to Healthcare 275
John David Lewis
 
The Moral Right to Healthcare: Part Two 283
Michael Boylan
 
B. The Organ Allocation Problem 298
 
A Review of Ethical Issues in Transplantation 298
Rosamond Rhodes
 
Fault and the Allocation of Spare Organs 305
Brian Smart
 
Applicants 313
Felicia Niume Ackerman
 
C. International Public Health Policy and Ethics 324
 
Toward Control of Infectious Disease: Ethical Challenges for a Global Effort 324
Margaret P. Battin, Charles B. Smith, Leslie P. Francis, and Jay A. Jacobson
 
Shaping Ethical Guidelines for an Influenza Pandemic 345
Rosemarie Tong
 
TB Matters More 360
Michael J. Selgelid, Paul M. Kelly, and Adrian Sleigh
 
Evaluating a Case Study: Structuring the Essay 373
 
Further Reading 379

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: M Boylan, Michael Boylan
• Collaboration: Michael Boylan (Editeur), Michael (Marymount University Boylan (Editeur), Boylan Michael (Editeur)
• Edition: Blackwell Scientific Publishers Ltd
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 16.08.2013
• EAN: 9781118494752
• ISBN: 978-1-118-49475-2
• Dimensions: 192 mm x 247 mm x 20 mm
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Philosophie; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Médecine > Général; Philosophie, Medizin, Medizinethik, Philosophy, Medical Science, Medizinrecht u. Ethik, Medical Law & Ethics, Bioethik, Medizinethik, Bioethics & Medical Ethics