Bioethics Beyond the Headlines

Albert R. Jonsen

doi:10.5771/9780742571631

Summary

Bioethics asks fundamental questions. 'Who lives? Who dies? Who decides?' These questions are relevant to us all. Too often, the general public's sole encounter with these weighty questions is through sound bites fed to us by the media—where complex, difficult matters are typically presented in superficial and inaccurate terms. Here, renowned bioethicist Albert R. Jonsen equips readers with the tools and background to navigate the fascinating and complex landscape of bioethics. Bioethics Beyond the Headlines is a primer. You will not find convoluted philosophical arguments in this volume. Rather, you will find an engaging sampling of the key questions in bioethics, including euthanasia, assisted reproduction, cloning and stem cells, neuroscience, access to healthcare, and even research on animals and questions of environmental ethics—areas typically overlooked in general introductions to bioethics. But a 'primer' is not merely a first book—it should also 'prime' the interest of the reader, to prepare the mind for a more expansive venture into these issues. Bioethics Beyond the Headlines intends to do just that.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2005
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7425-4524-3
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7425-7163-1
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 209
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 6
Part I Who Lives? Who Dies? Who Decides? An Essay on Ethics and Bioethics No access Pages 7 - 24
1. TOPIC 1 Defining Death No access
2. TOPIC 2 Forgoing Life Support: The Quality of Life No access
3. TOPIC 3 Autonomy of the Patient No access
4. TOPIC 4 Euthanasia No access
5. TOPIC 5 Organ Transplantation No access
6. TOPIC 6 Assisted Reproduction No access
7. TOPIC 7 Abortion No access
1. TOPIC 8 Research with Humans No access
2. TOPIC 9 Genetics No access
3. TOPIC 10 Neurosnience No access
4. TOPIC 11 Cloning and Stem Cell Research No access
1. TOPIC 12 Bioethics and the Health Care System No access
2. TOPIC 13 Cultural Bioethics No access
3. TOPIC 14 Animal Ethics No access
4. TOPIC 15 Environmental Ethics No access
Conclusion No access Pages 177 - 180
Appendix A-Precis of Moral Philosophy No access Pages 181 - 188
Appendix B-Precis of History of Medical Ethics No access Pages 189 - 192
Appendix C-The Frankenstein Analogy No access Pages 193 - 198
Glossary No access Pages 199 - 204
Index No access Pages 205 - 208
About the Author No access Pages 209 - 209