{"product_id":"a-companion-to-bioethics-isbn-9781444350845","title":"A Companion to Bioethics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis second edition of \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Bioethics,\u003c\/i\u003e fully revised and updated to reflect the current issues and developments in the field, covers all the material that the reader needs to thoroughly grasp the ideas and debates involved in bioethics.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThematically organized around an unparalleled range of issues, including discussion of the moral status of embryos and fetuses, new genetics, life and death, resource allocation, organ donations, AIDS, human and animal experimentation, health care, and teaching\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNow includes new essays on currently controversial topics such as cloning and genetic enhancement\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTopics are clearly and compellingly presented by internationally renowned bioethicists\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA detailed index allows the reader to find terms and topics not listed in the titles of the essays themselves\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  List of Contributors xi  \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Introduction 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 What Is Bioethics? A Historical Introduction 3\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHelga Kuhse and Peter Singer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Questions About Bioethics 13\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Ethical Theory and Bioethics 15\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames Rachels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Culture and Bioethics 24\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSegun Gbadegesin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Gender and Bioethics 36\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJan Crosthwaite\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Religion and Bioethics 46\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEric Gregory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Law and Bioethics 56\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWibren van der Burg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Ethical Approaches 65\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 A Principle-based Approach 67\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames F. Childress\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Exceptionless Rule Approaches 77\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoseph Boyle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 A Utilitarian Approach 85\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eR\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eM\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eHare\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 A Virtue Ethics Approach 91\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJustin Oakley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 A Care Approach 105\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRita C\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eManning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 A Case Approach 117\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn D\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eArras\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Before Birth: Issues Involving Embryos and Fetuses 127\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Personhood 129\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Tooley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Abortion 140\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMary Anne Warren\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Mother–Fetus Conflict 149\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBonnie Steinbock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Issues In Reproduction 161\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Population 163\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMargaret Pabst Battin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Assisted Reproduction, Prenatal Testing, and Sex Selection 178\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLaura M\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003ePurdy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Cloning 193\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGregory Pence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI The New Genetics 205\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Gene Therapy 207\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRuth Chadwick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Genetic Enhancement 216\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJulian Savulescu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Creating and Patenting New Life Forms 235\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNils Holtug\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Genetic Counseling, Testing, and Screening 245\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAngus Clarke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII Life and Death Issues 261\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Medical Decisions at the End of Life 263\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDan W\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eBrock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Severely Disabled Newborns 274\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEike-Henner W\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eKluge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Death, Brain Death, and Persistent Vegetative State 286\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJeff McMahan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Advance Directives 299\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlexander Morgan Capron\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Voluntary Euthanasia, Suicide, and Physician-assisted Suicide 312\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBrian Stoffell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 The Slippery Slope Argument 321\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGovert den Hartogh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VIII Resource Allocation 333\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Deciding Between Patients 335\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Harris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Society's Allocation of Resources for Health 351\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaniel Wikler and Sarah Marchand\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Is There a Right to Health Care and, If So, What Does It Encompass? 362\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNorman Daniels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IX Organ Donations 373\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 A World of Transferable Parts 375\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJanet Radcliffe Richards\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart X Global Health-care Issues 391\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Global Health Responsibilities 393\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristopher Lowry and Udo Schüklenk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Developing World Challenges 404\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eUdo Schüklenk, Michael Kottow, and Peter A. Sy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Global Pharmaceutical Markets 417\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKevin Outterson and Donald W. Light\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Infectious Disease 430\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael J. Selgelid\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 AIDS as a Global Health Emergency 441\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eUdo Schüklenk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart XI Experimentation With Humans and Animals 455\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 Research Involving Human Beings 457\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFlorencia Luna and Ruth Macklin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 Regulating Experimentation in Research and Medical Practice 469\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul Ulhas Macneill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 Research Using Preimplantation Human Embryos 487\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMary Warnock and Peter Braude\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 The Moral Status of Animals and Their Use As Experimental Subjects 495\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBernard E\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eRollin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART XII Ethical Issues in the Practice of Health Care 511\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 Confidentiality 513\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRaanan Gillon and Daniel K. Sokol\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43 Truth-telling 520\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRoger Higgs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44 Informed Consent and Patient Autonomy 530\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Young\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e45 Patients Doubtfully Capable or Incapable of Consent 541\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCarl Elliott\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e46 Ethics in Nursing Practice 551\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJanet L. Storch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e47 Global Trends in Nursing Ethics 563\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eVerena Tschudin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart XIII The Teaching and Practice of Bioethics 571\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e48 Ethics Committees and Ethics Consultants 573\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJonathan D\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eMoreno\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e49 Teaching Ethics in the Health Professions 584\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLynn Gillam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 594\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eHelga Kuhse\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Honorary Research Fellow at the Centre for Human Bioethics, Monash University, Australia. She is the author, co-author or editor of more than 150 professional articles and some 15 books, including \u003ci\u003eBioethics: An Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e (co-edited with Peter Singer, Second Edition, Blackwell, 2006).    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Singer\u003c\/b\u003e is Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University and Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne. He is the author, co-author, or editor of more than forty books, including \u003ci\u003eAnimal Liberation\u003c\/i\u003e (first published in 1975), widely credited with triggering the modern animal-rights movement, \u003ci\u003ePractical Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e (Third Edition, 2011), \u003ci\u003eIn Defense of Animals: The Second Wave\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 2005), \u003ci\u003eThe Moral of the Story: An Anthology of Ethics Through Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (co-edited with Renata Singer, Blackwell, 2004) and \u003ci\u003eThe Life You Can Save\u003c\/i\u003e (2009). He was the founding president of the International Association of Bioethics, and in 2005, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Bioethics\u003c\/i\u003e presents the central issues and concepts in bioethics in an authoritative yet highly accessible manner. Now fully revised and updated to reflect the current state of the field, the 49 essays, each specially written by leading experts, span an unparalleled range of topics, including discussion of the moral status of embryos and fetuses, new genetics, life and death, resource allocation, organ donations, AIDS, human and animal experimentation, health care, and teaching. Subjects new to this edition include cloning, genetic enhancement, infectious disease, global pharmaceutical markets, and bioethics in the developing world.   \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Bioethics\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential work of reference for doctors, nurses, biomedical scientists, lawyers, journalists, philosophers, moral theologians, sociologists and the general lay-reader interested in the ethical issues that are transforming our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988602831077,"sku":"NP9781444350845","price":56.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781444350845.jpg?v=1761780932","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-companion-to-bioethics-isbn-9781444350845","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}