Veatch, Robert M. <br/><br/>
The basics of bioethics / 
Robert M. Veatch. 
 - 3rd ed. 
 - Upper Saddle River, N.J. :  Pearson Education,  2012. 
 - xvii, 205 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780205765621 (pbk.)  RM180.60 0205765629 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Medical ethics.<br/>Bioethics.