Medical EthicsRobert M. Veatch This is a thoroughly revised new edition of a 1989 book, edited by one of the premier medical ethicists in the field. The original conception was that medical ethics had grown so significantly that a textbook should be produced modeled on those in medicine itself, with chapters contributed by leading authorities who would summarize issues and developments in their subspecialty. Major changes in the past five years in medical ethics, including rethinking the role of principles and new ethical issues, necessitated the revised edition. The audience is primarily students of medical ethics, either health professionals or preprofessionals, although established professionals and ethicists will also find the book helpful. Each chapter begins with a summary of issues to be explored and concludes with questions and references for further study. This version retains the original contributors and adds two new ones for chapters on AIDS and on healthcare reform. The earlier chapters are devoted to professional codes of ethics, ethical theories, concepts of health and disease, and the doctor-patient relationship, and the later ones to specific ethical issues of reproduction, human experimentation, consent, genetics, organ transplantation, psychiatric issues, allocation of health care, death and dying, AIDS, and healthcare reform. Chapter authors are the leading authorities in these topics. In this excellent update of an important text, the topics reflect the public policy orientation of the editor. Missing are many clinical ethics issues. |
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... Concepts of Health , Illness , and Disease Arthur L. Caplan Why Are Health and Disease So Important in Contemporary Society ? 58 Health , Disease , and the Scope of Medicine 61 xi xiii XV 1 29 57 The Relationship Between the Concepts of ...
... Concepts of Health , Illness , and Disease Arthur L. Caplan Why Are Health and Disease So Important in Contemporary Society ? 58 Health , Disease , and the Scope of Medicine 61 xi xiii XV 1 29 57 The Relationship Between the Concepts of ...
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Robert M. Veatch. The Relationship Between the Concepts of Health , Illness , and Disease 63 Normativism versus Nonnormativism in the Definition of Disease 64 Health as Normality , Disease as Abnormality 67 Proponents of Normativism ...
Robert M. Veatch. The Relationship Between the Concepts of Health , Illness , and Disease 63 Normativism versus Nonnormativism in the Definition of Disease 64 Health as Normality , Disease as Abnormality 67 Proponents of Normativism ...
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... Concept and Elements of Informed Consent The Law and Its Limits The Quality of Consent 196 198 Vulnerable Subjects and Compliant Patients Competence to Consent 202 Justifications for Not Obtaining Consent 203 Conclusion 205 Discussion ...
... Concept and Elements of Informed Consent The Law and Its Limits The Quality of Consent 196 198 Vulnerable Subjects and Compliant Patients Competence to Consent 202 Justifications for Not Obtaining Consent 203 Conclusion 205 Discussion ...
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... Concepts 322 Types of Allocations 323 Criteria for Evaluating Allocations 324 Ethical Criteria 331 Rights to Health Care 337 Beneficence Rather Than Justice : Obligations Without Rights 355 Conclusion 359 Discussion Questions 359 ...
... Concepts 322 Types of Allocations 323 Criteria for Evaluating Allocations 324 Ethical Criteria 331 Rights to Health Care 337 Beneficence Rather Than Justice : Obligations Without Rights 355 Conclusion 359 Discussion Questions 359 ...
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Contents
An Introduction | 1 |
The Normative Principles of Medical Ethics | 29 |
The Concepts of Health Illness and Disease | 57 |
The PhysicianPatient Relationship | 75 |
Limiting Procreation | 103 |
Human Experimentation | 135 |
Informed Consent | 185 |
Reproductive Technologies and Genetics | 209 |
Ethical Issues in Organ Transplantation | 239 |
The Role of Value | 275 |
Discussion Questions | 316 |
Death and Dying | 363 |
AIDS and Ethics | 395 |
National HealthCare Reform | 415 |
Glossary | 443 |
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