{"product_id":"the-bioethics-reader-isbn-9781405175227","title":"The Bioethics Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection celebrating some of the best essays from the Blackwell journals, \u003ci\u003eBioethics\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDeveloping World Bioethics\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eContributors include Helga Kuhse, Michael Selgelid and Baroness Mary Warnock, former Chair of the British Government's \u003ci\u003eCommittee of Inquiry into Human Fertilization and Embryology's.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTraces some of the most important concerns of the 1980s, such as the ethics of euthanasia, reproductive technologies, the allocation of scarce medical resources, surrogate motherhood, through to a range of new issues debated today, particularly in the field of genetics.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes contributions that are still as hotly debated today as they were 20 years ago and serves as a salutary reminder that free and open discussion is vital to the health of the discipline itself.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes eight sections comprising some of the journals' best publications in methodological issues, the health care professional-patient relationship, public health ethics, research ethics, genetics, as well as beginning- and end-of-life issues.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWill serve the academic bioethicists as well as students of bioethics as an excellent source book.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xi\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRuth Chadwick, Helga Kuhse, Willem Landman, Udo Schüklenk, and Peter Singer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Doing Bioethics 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. A Report from America When Philosophers Shoot from the Hip 3\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames Rachels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Rethinking Medical Ethics: A View from Below 9\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul Farmer and Nicole Gastineau Campos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. What Can the Social Sciences Contribute to the Study of Ethics? Theoretical, Empirical and Substantive Considerations 33\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eErica Hajmes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. In Defense of Posthuman Dignity 58\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNick Bostrom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Healthcare Professional–Patient Relationship 71\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Patients’ Responsibilities in Medical Ethics 73\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHeather Draper and Tom Sorell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Clinical Ethics and Nursing: ‘Yes’ to Caring, But ‘No’ to a Female Ethics of Care 91\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHelga Kuhse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Psychiatric Ethics 104\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJennifer Radden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Female Genital Mutilation and Cosmetic Surgery: Regulating Non-Therapeutic Body Modification 119\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSally Sheldon and\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eStephen Wilkinson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Just Health Care 143\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Patents and Access to Drugs in Developing Countries: An Ethical Analysis 145\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSigrid Sterckx\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Justice and Equal Opportunities in Health Care 162\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Harris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Constraints and Heroes 175\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCarl Elliott\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Public Health Ethics 187\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. The Genesis of Public Health Ethics 189\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRonald Bayer and Amy L. Fairchild\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Ethics and Infectious Disease 209\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael J. Selgelid\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Vaccination and the Prevention Problem 226\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAngus Dawson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Research Ethics 241\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. International Research Ethics 243\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eUdo Schüklenk and Richard Ashcroft\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Equipoise and International Human-Subjects Research 258\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlex John London\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Developing Drugs for the Developing World: An Economic, Legal, Moral, and Political Dilemma 279\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid B. Resnik\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Some Questions about the Moral Responsibilities of Drug Companies in Developing Countries 301\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDan W. Brock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. Social Responsibility and Global Pharmaceutical Companies 306\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNorman Daniels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI: Genetics 311\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. Do Human Cells Have Rights? 313\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMary Warnock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. Going to the Roots of the Stem Cell Controversy 328\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSøren Holm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. Designing Babies: Morally Permissible Ways to Modify the Human Genome 342\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNicholas Agar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. The Non-Identity Problem and Genetic Harms – the Case of Wrongful Handicaps358\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Dan W. Brock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24. Coding and Consent: Moral Challenges of the Database Project in Iceland 365\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eVilhjálmur Árnason\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII: Beginning of Life Issues 387\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25. Is It Good to Make Happy People? 389\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStuart Rachels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26. Genes, Embryos, and Future People 408\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWalter Glannon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27. Procreative Beneficence: Why We Should Select the Best Children 434\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJulian Savulescu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28. The Problem of Abortion: Essentially Contested Concepts and Moral Autonomy 447\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSusanne Gibson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29. The Injustice of Unsafe Motherhood 459\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRebecca J. Cook and Bernard M. Dickens\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30. The Limits of Conscientious Objection to Abortion in the Developing World 477\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLouis-Jacques van Bogaert\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31. Surrogate Mothering: Exploitation or Empowerment? 490\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLaura M. Purdy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VIII: End of Life 509\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32. The Metaphysics of Brain Death 511\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJeff McMahan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33. Advance Directives, Autonomy and Unintended Death 551\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJim Stone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34. End of Life Care in HIV-Infected Children Who Died in Hospital 576\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLesley D. Henley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 592\u003c\/p\u003e  ‘A nice synthesis of some developments in the field that will be useful to those who dabble in bioethics, or who are interested in seeing what new areas of research have emerged alongside new technological advances and growing globalization. It is a nice supplement to some of the more traditional collections of contributions to this growing field.’\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJ. Jeremy Wisnewski, PhD, Hartwick College\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From \u003ci\u003eMetapsychology Online Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (Volume 12, Issue 7)\u003cbr\u003e For the full review please visit: http:\/\/metapsychology.mentalhelp.net\/poc\/view_doc.php?type=book\u0026amp;id=4071 \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuth Chadwick\u003c\/b\u003e has been co-editor of \u003ci\u003eBioethics\u003c\/i\u003e since 2000. She is Distinguished Research Professor, Cardiff University, and Director of the ESRC Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics (CESAGen): a Lancaster–Cardiff collaboration.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelga Kuhse\u003c\/b\u003e is an Honorary Research Associate of the Monash University Centre for Human Bioethics. She was Director of the Centre until June 1999. Kuhse is the author of \u003ci\u003eCaring: Nurses, Women and Ethics, The Sanctity of Life Doctrine in Medicine: A Critique\u003c\/i\u003e, co-author of \u003ci\u003eShould the Baby Live?\u003c\/i\u003e with Peter Singer, editor of \u003ci\u003eWilling to Listen - Wanting to Die\u003c\/i\u003e and has published numerous articles in scholarly journals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWillem Landman\u003c\/b\u003e was one of the founding editors and is currently co-editor of \u003ci\u003eDeveloping World Bioethics\u003c\/i\u003e. He is CEO of the Ethics Institute of South Africa (EthicSA), Professor Extraordinaire at the University of Stellenbosch, and Ethics Advisor to The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in Geneva. He studied at the University of Oxford and taught bioethics at the University of North Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUdo Schüklenk\u003c\/b\u003e has been co-editor of \u003ci\u003eBioethics\u003c\/i\u003e since 2000. He was also one of the founding editors and is currently co-editor of \u003ci\u003eDeveloping World Bioethics\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a Professor of Philosophy and Ontario Research Chair in Bioethics and Public Policy in the Philosophy Department of Canada's Queen's University.\u003c\/p\u003e \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. His books include \u003ci\u003eAnimal Liberation, Practical Ethics, How Are We to Live?, Rethinking Life and Death, One World,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Ethics of What We Eat.\u003c\/i\u003e He was the founding president of the International Association of Bioethics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume offers a compilation of articles chosen by the current and past editors of \u003ci\u003eBioethics\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDeveloping World Bioethics\u003c\/i\u003e, published in the journals during the last two decades. \u003ci\u003eThe Bioethics Reader's\u003c\/i\u003e eight sections include some of the journals' best publications in areas comprising methodological issues, the health care professional-patient relationship, just health care, public health ethics, research ethics, genetics, as well as beginning- and end-of-life issues. \u003ci\u003eThe Bioethics Reader\u003c\/i\u003e offers a good overview of discussions in the field of bioethics during the last twenty years. It will serve the academic bioethicists as well as students of bioethics as an excellent source book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Editors of this volume donate their royalties from the sale of this book to Phedisang, a Southern African grass-roots non-governmental organisation serving the needs of AIDS orphans (www.phedisang.org).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990167208165,"sku":"NP9781405175227","price":43.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405175227.jpg?v=1761786760","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-bioethics-reader-isbn-9781405175227","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}