A Companion to Bioethics

This second edition of A Companion to Bioethics, 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.




#Thematically 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
#Now includes new essays on currently controversial topics such as cloning and genetic enhancement
#Topics are clearly and compellingly presented by internationally renowned bioethicists
#A detailed index allows the reader to find terms and topics not listed in the titles of the essays themselves




Contents




Part I Introduction.
1 What Is Bioethics? A Historical Introduction (Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer).




Part II Questions About Bioethics.
2 Ethical Theory and Bioethics (James Rachels).


3 Culture and Bioethics (Segun Gbadegesin).


4 Gender and Bioethics (Jan Crosthwaite).


5 Religion and Bioethics (Eric Gregory).


6 Law and Bioethics (Wibren van der Burg).




Part III Ethical Approaches.


7 A Principle-based Approach (James F. Childress).


8 Exceptionless Rule Approaches (Joseph Boyle).


9 A Utilitarian Approach (R. M. Hare).


10 A Virtue Ethics Approach (Justin Oakley).


11 A Care Approach (Rita C. Manning).


12 A Case Approach (John D. Arras).




Part IV Before Birth: Issues Involving Embryos and Fetuses.


13 Personhood (Michael Tooley).


14 Abortion (Mary Anne Warren).


15 Mother–Fetus Conflict (Bonnie Steinbock).




Part V Issues In Reproduction.


16 Population (Margaret Pabst Battin).


17 Assisted Reproduction, Prenatal Testing, and Sex Selection (Laura M. Purdy).


18 Cloning (Gregory Pence).




Part VI The New Genetics.


19 Gene Therapy (Ruth Chadwick).


20 Genetic Enhancement (Julian Savulescu).


21 Creating and Patenting New Life Forms (Nils Holtug).


22 Genetic Counseling, Testing, and Screening (Angus Clarke).




Part VII Life and Death Issues.


23 Medical Decisions at the End of Life (Dan W. Brock).


24 Severely Disabled Newborns (Eike-Henner W. Kluge).


25 Death, Brain Death, and Persistent Vegetative State (Jeff McMahan).


26 Advance Directives (Alexander Morgan Capron).


27 Voluntary Euthanasia, Suicide, and Physician-assisted Suicide (Brian Stoffell).


28 The Slippery Slope Argument (Govert den Hartogh).




Part VIII Resource Allocation.


29 Deciding Between Patients (John Harris).


30 Society's Allocation of Resources for Health (Daniel Wikler and Sarah Marchand).


31 Is There a Right to Health Care and, If So, What Does It Encompass? (Norman Daniels).




Part IX Organ Donations.


32 A World of Transferable Parts (Janet Radcliffe Richards).




Part X Global Health-care Issues.


33 Global Health Responsibilities (Christopher Lowry and Udo Schüklenk).


34 Developing World Challenges (Udo Schüklenk, Michael Kottow, and Peter A. Sy).


35 Global Pharmaceutical Markets (Kevin Outterson and Donald W. Light).


36 Infectious Disease (Michael J. Selgelid).


37 AIDS as a Global Health Emergency (Udo Schüklenk).




Part XI Experimentation With Humans and Animals.


38 Research Involving Human Beings (Florencia Luna and Ruth Macklin).


39 Regulating Experimentation in Research and Medical Practice (Paul Ulhas Macneill).


40 Research Using Preimplantation Human Embryos (Mary Warnock and Peter Braude).


41 The Moral Status of Animals and Their Use As Experimental Subjects (Bernard E. Rollin).




PART XII Ethical Issues in the Practice of Health Care.


42 Confidentiality (Raanan Gillon and Daniel K. Sokol).


43 Truth-telling (Roger Higgs).


44 Informed Consent and Patient Autonomy (Robert Young).


45 Patients Doubtfully Capable or Incapable of Consent (Carl Elliott).


46 Ethics in Nursing Practice (Janet L. Storch).


47 Global Trends in Nursing Ethics (Verena Tschudin).




Part XIII The Teaching and Practice of Bioethics.


48 Ethics Committees and Ethics Consultants (Jonathan D. Moreno).


49 Teaching Ethics in the Health Professions (Lynn Gillam).




Index.