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The basics of bioethics / Robert M. Veatch.

By: Publication details: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Education, 2012.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xvii, 205 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780205765621 (pbk.)
  • 0205765629 (pbk.)
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A map of the terrain of ethics -- The Hippocratic Oath and it's challengers: a brief history -- Defining death, abortion, stem cells, and animal welfare: the basis of moral standing -- Problems in benefiting and avoiding harm to the patient -- The ethics of respect for persons: lying, cheating, and breaking promises and why physicians have considered them ethical -- The principle of avoiding killing -- Death and dying: the incompetent patient -- Social ethics of medicine: allocating resources, health insurance, transplantation, and human subjects research -- Human control of life: genetics, birth technologies and modifying human nature -- Resolving conflicts among principles -- The virtues of bioethics.
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AM PERPUSTAKAAN TUN SERI LANANG PERPUSTAKAAN TUN SERI LANANG KOLEKSI AM-P. TUN SERI LANANG (ARAS 5) - R724.V433 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00002092949

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A map of the terrain of ethics -- The Hippocratic Oath and it's challengers: a brief history -- Defining death, abortion, stem cells, and animal welfare: the basis of moral standing -- Problems in benefiting and avoiding harm to the patient -- The ethics of respect for persons: lying, cheating, and breaking promises and why physicians have considered them ethical -- The principle of avoiding killing -- Death and dying: the incompetent patient -- Social ethics of medicine: allocating resources, health insurance, transplantation, and human subjects research -- Human control of life: genetics, birth technologies and modifying human nature -- Resolving conflicts among principles -- The virtues of bioethics.

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