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Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Bio-ethics

Exchanging Human Bodily Material: Rethinking Bodies and Markets (Paperback, 2013 ed.): Klaus Hoeyer Exchanging Human Bodily Material: Rethinking Bodies and Markets (Paperback, 2013 ed.)
Klaus Hoeyer
R4,858 Discovery Miles 48 580 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book addresses the debate usually tagged as being about 'markets in human body parts' which is antagonistically divided into pro-market and anti-market positions. The author provides a set of propositions about how to approach this and shows a way out of the concrete impasse of it. Assumptions about markets and bodies that characterize this debate are analyzed and described while the author argues that these assumptions are in fact constitutive for exchanges of human bodily material - but in unacknowledged ways. It is concluded that what we need is a different analytical approach to better understand the mechanisms at play when organizations exchange organs, tissues and cells for use in transplantation and fertility medicine.

Ethical Issues in Biotechnology (Paperback): Richard Sherlock, John D. Morrey Ethical Issues in Biotechnology (Paperback)
Richard Sherlock, John D. Morrey; Contributions by Nicholas Agar, Miguel Altieri, American Association for the Advancement of Science, …
R2,280 R2,073 Discovery Miles 20 730 Save R207 (9%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Ethical Issues in Biotechnology is the first textbook of its kind, written collaboratively by a philosopher and a biologist to provide undergraduate students with a comprehensive, accessible introduction to the ethical and scientific fundamentals of biotechnology. Engaging the ethics and the science side by side, the text addresses pressing questions in agricultural, food, and animal biotechnology; human genetics; gene therapy; human cloning; and stem cell research. A general introduction to both the moral philosophy and fundamentals of genetics is enhanced throughout the text with section-specific introductions addressing the particular philosophical and scientific challenges posed by the topic under consideration. Diagrams and drawings, study cases, liberal use of practical examples, and suggestions for further reading make the text an ideal resource for a broad range of students interested in issues and questions lying at the intersection of philosophy and genetics.

Synthetic Biology - Metaphors, Worldviews, Ethics, and Law (Paperback, 1st ed. 2016): Joachim Boldt Synthetic Biology - Metaphors, Worldviews, Ethics, and Law (Paperback, 1st ed. 2016)
Joachim Boldt
R2,062 Discovery Miles 20 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Assessing synthetic biology from a societal and ethical perspective is not only a matter of determining possible harms and benefits of synthetic biology applications. Synthetic biology also incorporates a specific technoscientific understanding of its research agenda and its research objects that has philosophical and ethical implications. This edited volume sets out to explore and evaluate these synthetic biology worldviews and it proposes appropriate governance measures. In addition, legal challenges are discussed.

Is this Cell a Human Being? - Exploring the Status of Embryos, Stem Cells and Human-Animal Hybrids (Paperback, 2011 ed.):... Is this Cell a Human Being? - Exploring the Status of Embryos, Stem Cells and Human-Animal Hybrids (Paperback, 2011 ed.)
Antoine Suarez, Joachim Huarte
R2,851 Discovery Miles 28 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The central question of this book is whether or not particular cell entities of human origin ought to be considered human beings. The answer is crucial for making moral decisions for or against research and experimentation. Experts in the field discuss the production of embryonic-like pluripotent stem cells by altered nuclear transfer, parthenogenesis and reprogramming of adult somatic cells. They thoroughly analyse the biological and moral status of different cell entities, such as human stem cells, embryos and human-animal hybrid embryos, and make a decisive step towards establishing final criteria for what constitutes a human being. The topic is challenging in nature and of broad interest to all those concerned with current bioethical thought on embryonic human life and its implications for society.

Ethics, Health Policy and (Anti-) Aging: Mixed Blessings (Paperback, 2013 ed.): Maartje Schermer, Wim Pinxten Ethics, Health Policy and (Anti-) Aging: Mixed Blessings (Paperback, 2013 ed.)
Maartje Schermer, Wim Pinxten
R5,192 Discovery Miles 51 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume focuses on the ethical and philosophical issues that arise in an aging society, and the implications of these issues for healthcare and social policy. After a brief overview of biomedicine's changing approach of ageing and longevity and of the new expectations that these changes generate, various ethical, social, and policy issues that surround aging and longevity are discussed. First, the images and social meanings of aging and old age in our society are explored, including their normative dimensions and implications for policy. Next, ethical issues in the care for frail elderly are discussed, as well as notion of good care and end-of-life decisions. Finally, the ethical and social implications of emerging possibilities for anti-aging and lifespan extension are considered. The book concludes with an overview of the relevance of the issues discussed for policy making on professional, national and international levels.

Athletic Enhancement, Human Nature and Ethics - Threats and Opportunities of Doping Technologies (Paperback, 2013 ed.): Jan... Athletic Enhancement, Human Nature and Ethics - Threats and Opportunities of Doping Technologies (Paperback, 2013 ed.)
Jan Tolleneer, Sigrid Sterckx, Pieter Bonte
R3,775 Discovery Miles 37 750 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The book provides an in-depth discussion on the human nature concept from different perspectives and from different disciplines, analyzing its use in the doping debate and researching its normative overtones. The relation between natural talent and enhanced abilities is scrutinized within a proper conceptual and theoretical framework: is doping to be seen as a factor of the athlete's dehumanization or is it a tool to fulfill his/her aspirations to go faster, higher and stronger? Which characteristics make sports such a peculiar subject of ethical discussion and what are the, both intrinsic and extrinsic, moral dangers and opportunities involved in athletic enhancement? This volume combines fundamental philosophical anthropological reflection with applied ethics and socio-cultural and empirical approaches. Furthermore guidelines will be presented to decision- and policy-makers on local, national and international levels. Zooming in on the intrinsic issue of what is valuable about our homo sapiens biological condition, this volume devotes only scant attention to the specific issue of natural talent and why such talent is appreciated so differently than biotechnological origins of ability. In addition, specific aspects of sports such as its competitive nature and its direct display of bodily prowess provide good reason to single out the issue of natural athletic talent for sustained ethical scrutiny.

Synthetic Biology - the technoscience and its societal consequences (Paperback, 2010 ed.): Markus Schmidt, Alexander Kelle,... Synthetic Biology - the technoscience and its societal consequences (Paperback, 2010 ed.)
Markus Schmidt, Alexander Kelle, Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra, Huib De Vriend
R4,348 Discovery Miles 43 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Synthetic biology is becoming one of the most dynamic new fields of biology, with the potential to revolutionize the way we do biotechnology today. By applying the toolbox of engineering disciplines to biology, a whole set of potential applications become possible ranging very widely across scientific and engineering disciplines. Some of the potential benefits of synthetic biology, such as the development of low-cost drugs or the production of chemicals and energy by engineered bacteria are enormous. There are, however, also potential and perceived risks due to deliberate or accidental damage. Also, ethical issues of synthetic biology just start being explored, with hardly any ethicists specifically focusing on the area of synthetic biology. This book will be the first of its kind focusing particularly on the safety, security and ethical concerns and other relevant societal aspects of this new emerging field. The foreseen impact of this book will be to stimulate a debate on these societal issues at an early stage. Past experiences, especially in the field of GM-crops and stem cells, have shown the importance of an early societal debate. The community and informed stakeholders recognize this need, but up to now discussions are fragmentary. This book will be the first comprehensive overview on relevant societal issues of synthetic biology, setting the scene for further important discussions within the scientific community and with civil society.

The Art of Deliberating - Democracy, Deliberation and the Life Sciences between History and Theory (Paperback): Giovanni Boniolo The Art of Deliberating - Democracy, Deliberation and the Life Sciences between History and Theory (Paperback)
Giovanni Boniolo
R4,298 Discovery Miles 42 980 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

How many citizens take part in moral and political decisions concerning the results obtained by the contemporary life sciences? Should they blindly follow skilled demagogues or false and deceptive leaders? Should they adhere to the voice of the majority, or should they take a different decisional path? Deliberative democracy answers these questions, but what is deliberative democracy? Can we really deliberate if we are completely ignorant of the relevant issue? What about ethical or political expertise, is it strictly necessary? Finally, and most significantly, can a deliberative process take place if we ignore the techniques governing it; that is, the techniques required to be minimally skilled in rational argumentation? Giovanni Boniolo goes back to the historical and theoretical foundations of deliberation showing us, with some irony, that deliberation is a matter of competence, and not just a matter of a right to decide. His conclusion might not delight everyone: "anyone who is not sufficiently acquainted with the subject matter or lacks the sufficient deliberative competence ought not be admitted to deliberative discussions. This restriction makes both good deliberation and a proper deliberative democracy possible, otherwise debate degenerates into demagogy and hypocrisy".

Giving Death a Helping Hand - Physician-Assisted Suicide and Public Policy. An International Perspective (Paperback, 2008 ed.):... Giving Death a Helping Hand - Physician-Assisted Suicide and Public Policy. An International Perspective (Paperback, 2008 ed.)
Dieter Birnbacher, Edgar Dahl
R3,119 Discovery Miles 31 190 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Public policy surrounding the hotly debated issue of physician-assisted suicide is examined in detail. You'll find an analysis of the current legal standing and practice of physician-assisted suicide in several countries. Authors discuss the ethical principles underlying its legal and professional regulation. Personal narratives provide important first-hand accounts from professionals who have been involved in end-of-life issues for many years.

The Proactionary Imperative - A Foundation for Transhumanism (Paperback): S. Fuller, V. Lipinska, Veronika Lipi?ska The Proactionary Imperative - A Foundation for Transhumanism (Paperback)
S. Fuller, V. Lipinska, Veronika Lipi?ska
R2,960 Discovery Miles 29 600 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The 'proactionary principle' was introduced by transhumanists. Whereas precautionaries believe that we are on the brink on environmental catastrophe because we're too willing to take risks, proactionaries believe that humans stand apart from the rest of nature by our capacity for successful risk taking. In terms of current environmental problems, therefore, solutions lie not in turning our backs on our love affair with technology but by intensifying it - through finding new energy sources or even looking at the possibility of inhabiting other worlds.
In this fascinating new book, Steve Fuller and Veronika Lipinska explore attitudes towards the transformation of human nature. They point out that, politically, both those on the right and the left contribute to different sides of the precautionary-proactionary debate, and argue that it will be this distinction, between caution and action, that will come to dominate the political landscape and create new political divisions.
Drawing on perspectives from both theology and biology, and completing a trilogy of works exploring 'Humanity 2.0', Fuller and Lipinska ultimately endorse the proactionary position, which supports individuals taking risks - for example with new health treatments, as they try to expand their life chances. They accept that such a risk-taking culture may result in set-backs and failures, but argue that this simply requires a new conception of the welfare state. The results may be an incredibly diverse society that will challenge our notions of tolerance, creating a world where 'traditional' humans live side by side with those who have artificial organs or have received substantial genetic modification. Humans have yet to treat all 'normal' members of Homo sapiens with proper respect and dignity and the proactionary principle opens up new challenges to our conceptions of equality. The book ends with a Manifesto that draws together the arguments to present a challenging vision for the future.

Postmodern Malpractice - A Medical Case Study in The Culture War (Hardcover, 1st ed): Colleen D. Clements, Edward Bittar Postmodern Malpractice - A Medical Case Study in The Culture War (Hardcover, 1st ed)
Colleen D. Clements, Edward Bittar
R4,318 Discovery Miles 43 180 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this work, Colleen Clements presents her case for the need to subject the field of bioethics to a critical external analysis apart from the current postmodern assumptions. Clements argues that, since the 1970s, bioethics has refuted human values in favour of political consensus building. This failure to recognize basic human values in the ethical critique of modern medicine has lead to a dehumanization of the medical system by the field. Clements proceeds to advocate a naturalistic theory of bioethics that reinstates primary human values.

Human Medical Research - Ethical, Legal and Socio-Cultural Aspects (Paperback, 2012 ed.): Jan Schildmann, Verena Sandow, Oliver... Human Medical Research - Ethical, Legal and Socio-Cultural Aspects (Paperback, 2012 ed.)
Jan Schildmann, Verena Sandow, Oliver Rauprich, Jochen Vollmann
R4,348 Discovery Miles 43 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Medical research involving human subjects has contributed to considerable advancements in our knowledge, and to medical benefits. At the same time the development of new technologies as well as further globalisation of medical research raises questions that require the attention of researchers from a range of disciplines. This book gathers the contributions of researchers from nine different countries, who analyse recent developments in medical research from ethical, historical, legal and socio-cultural perspectives. In addition to reflections on innovations in science such as genetic databases and the concept of "targeted therapy" the book also includes analyses regarding the ethico-legal regulation of new technologies such as human tissue banking or the handling of genetic information potentially relevant for participants in medical research. Country and culture-specific aspects that are relevant to human medical research from a global perspective also play a part. The value of multi- and interdisciplinary analysis that includes the perspectives of scholars from normative and empirical disciplines is a shared premise of each contribution.

Acceptable Risk in Biomedical Research - European Perspectives (Paperback, 2012 ed.): Sigmund Simonsen Acceptable Risk in Biomedical Research - European Perspectives (Paperback, 2012 ed.)
Sigmund Simonsen
R2,878 Discovery Miles 28 780 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book is the first major work that addresses a core question in biomedical research: the question of acceptable risk. The acceptable level of risks is regulated by the requirement of proportionality in biomedical research law, which state that the risk and burden to the participant must be in proportion to potential benefits to the participant, society or science. This investigation addresses research on healthy volunteers, children, vulnerable subjects, and includes placebo controlled clinical trials. It represents a major contribution towards clarifying the most central, but also the most controversial and complex issue in biomedical research law and bioethics. The EU Clinical Trial Directive, the Council of Europe's Oviedo Convention (and its Additional Protocol), and national regulation in member states are covered. It is a relevant work for lawyers and ethicists, and the practical approach makes a valuable tool for researchers and members of research ethics committees supervising biomedical research.

Creation Ethics - Reproduction, Genetics, and Quality of Life (Paperback): David DeGrazia Creation Ethics - Reproduction, Genetics, and Quality of Life (Paperback)
David DeGrazia
R1,109 Discovery Miles 11 090 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The ethics of creating - or declining to create - human beings has been addressed in several contexts: debates over abortion and embryo research; literature on "self-creation"; and discussions of procreative rights and responsibilities, genetic engineering, and future generations. Here, for the first time, is a sustained, scholarly analysis of all of these issues - a discussion combining breadth of topics with philosophical depth, imagination with current scientific understanding, argumentative rigor with accessibility. The overarching aim of Creation Ethics is to illuminate a broad array of issues connected with reproduction and genetics, through the lens of moral philosophy. With novel frameworks for understanding prenatal moral status and human identity, and exceptional fairness to those holding different views, David DeGrazia sheds new light on the ethics of abortion and embryo research, genetic enhancement and prenatal genetic interventions, procreation and parenting, and decisions that affect the quality of life of future generations. Along the way, he helpfully introduces personal identity theory and value theory as well as such complex topics as moral status, wrongful life, and the "nonidentity problem." The results include a subjective account of human well-being, a standard for responsible procreation and parenting, and a theoretical bridge between consequentialist and nonconsequentialist ethical theories. The upshot is a synoptic, mostly liberal vision of the ethics of creating human beings.

Bioethics Critically Reconsidered - Having Second Thoughts (Paperback, 2012 ed.): H.Tristram Engelhardt Bioethics Critically Reconsidered - Having Second Thoughts (Paperback, 2012 ed.)
H.Tristram Engelhardt
R2,849 Discovery Miles 28 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Bioethics developed as an academic and clinicaldiscipline during the later part of the 20th century due to a variety of factors. Crucial to this development was the increased secularization of American culture as well as the dissolution of medicine as a quasi-guild with its own professional ethics. In the context of this moral vacuum, bioethics came into existence. Its raison d'etre was opposition to the allegedpaternalism of the medical community and traditional moral frameworks, yet at the same time it set itself up as a source of moral authority with respect to biomedical decision making. Bioethics serves as biopolitics in so far as it attempts to make determinations about how individuals ought to make medical decisions and then attempts to codify that in law.Progressivism and secularism are ultimately the ideology of bioethics."

Diplomacy, Funding and Animal Welfare (Paperback, 2011 ed.): Larry Winter Roeder Jr Diplomacy, Funding and Animal Welfare (Paperback, 2011 ed.)
Larry Winter Roeder Jr
R3,112 Discovery Miles 31 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Diplomacy, Funding and Animal Welfare is a practical guide to the best diplomatic and negotiation practices needed to convince governments and international institutions to effectively protect animals, which also introduces new approaches to fundraising. Animal protection advocates are prepared for speaking to diplomats and government officials in any setting, and to combatants in war zones. The book mainly focuses on approaching local and national governments, the United Nations system, the international Red Cross movement and systems related to other international organizations that can help animals, often in surprising ways. The reader will learn the rules of "diplomatic protocol", and much about the rules and procedures of major international bodies. To provide balance and real world relevance, the guide draws on a compilation of the author's extensive activities across a range of development, animal welfare, emergency management and climate issues in government and in the NGO world, as well as interviews with scholars and officials from NGOs, diplomatic missions, the United Nations, the Red Cross, governments and corporations.

Captured: The Animal within Culture (Paperback, 1st ed. 2014): M. Boyde Captured: The Animal within Culture (Paperback, 1st ed. 2014)
M. Boyde
R1,997 Discovery Miles 19 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In 2008 the youtube video documenting the emotional reunion between two men and Christian the Lion became a worldwide sensation. Key themes of the essays in Captured: the Animal within Culture are encapsulated in Christian's story: the implications of the physical and cultural capture of animals.

Strange Bedfellows - How Medical Jurisprudence Has Influenced Medical Ethics and Medical Practice (Paperback, Softcover reprint... Strange Bedfellows - How Medical Jurisprudence Has Influenced Medical Ethics and Medical Practice (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002)
Ben A. Rich
R2,868 Discovery Miles 28 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The pervasive influence of law on medical practice and clinical bioethics is often noted with a combination of exasperation and lamentation. Physicians and non-physician bioethicists, generally speaking, consider the willingness of courts, legislatures, and regulatory agencies to insinuate themselves into clinical practice and medical research to be a distinctly negative aspect of contemporary American society. They are quick to point out that their colleagues in other Western developed nations are not similarly afflicted, and that the situation which obtains elsewhere is highly preferable to the legalization and purported over-regulation of medicine that has taken place in the United States during the last fifty years. In this book I offer a decidedly different perspective. It is, admittedly, not entirely without personal and professional bias. Prior to becoming a fu- time academic, teaching bioethics in the setting of an academic medical center, I was, for nearly 20 years, an attorney specializing in health law. Even after earning a doctorate in philosophy, I was frequently considered to be the "resident lawyer" on the bioethics faculty, much more frequently looked to for my insights on the law than my perspective as one who had formally studied moral philosophy and applied ethics. I note this not out ofa sense of frustration or disappointment, but as confirmation that even among physicians and n- physician bioethicists, there is widespread recognition that the law does have important contributions to make in assessing the practice ofmedicine and the conduct of medical research.

Philosophical Dimensions of the Neuro-Medical Sciences - Proceedings of the Second Trans-Disciplinary Symposium on Philosophy... Philosophical Dimensions of the Neuro-Medical Sciences - Proceedings of the Second Trans-Disciplinary Symposium on Philosophy and Medicine Held at Farmington, Connecticut, May 15-17, 1975 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1976)
S.F. Spicker, H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr
R2,866 Discovery Miles 28 660 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Although the investigation and regulation of the faculties of the human mind appear to be the proper and sole concern of philosophers, you see that they are in some part nevertheless so little foreign to the medical forum that while someone may deny that they are proper to the physician he cannot deny that physicians have the obliga tion to philosophize. Jerome Gaub, De regimine mentis, IV, 10 ( 10], p. 40) The Second Trans-Disciplinary Symposium on Philosophy and Medicine, whose principal theme was 'Philosophical Dimensions of the Neuro-Medical Sciences, ' convened at the University of Connecticut Health Center at the invitation of Robert U. Massey, Dean of the School of Medicine, during May 15, 16, and 17, 1975. The Proceedings constitute this volume. At this Symposium we intended to realize sentiments which Sir John Eccles ex pressed as director of a Study Week of the Pontificia Academia Scientiarum, CiWl del Vaticano, in the fall of 1964: "Certainly when one comes to a study] . . . devoted to brain and mind it is not possible to exclude relations with philosophy" ( 5], p. viii). During that study week in 1964, a group of distinguished biomedical and behavioral scientists met under the director ship of Sir John C. Eccles to relate psychology to what Sir John called 'the Neurosciences. ' The purpose of that study week was to treat issues con cerning the functions of the brain and, in particular, to concentrate upon the relations between brain functions and consciousness."

Mental Health: Philosophical Perspectives - Proceedings of the Fourth Trans-Disciplinary Symposium on Philosophy and Medicine... Mental Health: Philosophical Perspectives - Proceedings of the Fourth Trans-Disciplinary Symposium on Philosophy and Medicine Held at Galveston, Texas, May 16-18, 1976 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1978)
H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr, S.F. Spicker
R2,954 Discovery Miles 29 540 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The concept 'health' is ambiguous [18,9, 11]. The concept 'mental health' is even more so. 'Health' compasses senses of well-being, wholeness, and sound ness that mean more than the simple freedom from illness - a fact appreci ated in the World Health Organization's definition of health as more than the absence of disease or infirmity [7]. The wide range of viewpoints of the con tributors to this volume attests to the scope of issues placed under the rubric 'mental health. ' These papers, presented at the Fourth Symposium on Philos ophy and Medicine, were written and discussed within a broad context of interests concerning mental health. Moreover, in their diversity these papers point to the many descriptive, evaluative, and, in fact, performative functions of statements concerning mental health. Before introducing the substance of these papers in any detail, I want to indicate the profound commerce between philosophical and psychological ideas in theories of mental health and disease. This will be done in part by a consideration of some conceptual developments in the history of psychiatry, as well as through an analysis of some of the functions of the notions of mental illness and health. 'Mental health' lays a special stress on the wholeness of human intuition, emotion, thought, and action.

Permissible Progeny? - The Morality of Procreation and Parenting (Hardcover): Sarah Hannan, Samantha Brennan, Richard Vernon Permissible Progeny? - The Morality of Procreation and Parenting (Hardcover)
Sarah Hannan, Samantha Brennan, Richard Vernon
R3,788 Discovery Miles 37 880 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This volume contributes to the growing literature on the morality of procreation and parenting. About half of the chapters take up questions about the morality of bringing children into existence. They discuss the following questions: Is it wrong to create human life? Is there a connection between the problem of evil and the morality of procreation? Could there be a duty to procreate? How do the environmental harms imposed by procreation affect its moral status? Given these costs, is the value of establishing genetic ties ever significant enough to render procreation morally permissible? And how should government respond to peoples' motives for procreating? The other half of the volume considers moral and political questions about adoption and parenting. One chapter considers whether the choice to become a parent can be rational. The two following chapters take up the regulation of adoption, focusing on whether the special burdens placed on adoptive parents, as compared to biological parents, can be morally justified. The book concludes by considering how we should conceive of adequacy standards in parenting and what resources we owe to children. This collection builds on existing literature by advancing new arguments and novel perspectives on existing debates. It also raises new issues deserving of our attention. As a whole it is sure to generate further philosophical debate on pressing and rich questions surrounding the bearing and rearing of children.

The Use of Human Beings in Research - With Special Reference to Clinical Trials (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original... The Use of Human Beings in Research - With Special Reference to Clinical Trials (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988)
S.F. Spicker, I. Alon, A.De Vries, H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr
R4,356 Discovery Miles 43 560 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume, which has developed from the Fourteenth Trans Disciplinary Symposium on Philosophy and Medicine, September 5-8, 1982, at Tel Aviv University, Israel, contains the contributions of a group of distinguished scholars who together examine the ethical issues raised by the advance of biomedical science and technology. We are, of course, still at the beginning of a revolution in our understanding of human biology; scientific medicine and clinical research are scarcely one hundred years old. Both the sciences and the technology of medicine until ten or fifteen years ago had the feeling of the 19th century about them; we sense that they belonged to an older time; that era is ending. The next twenty-five to fifty years of investigative work belong to neurobiology, genetics, and reproductive biology. The technologies of information processing and imaging will make diagnosis and treatment almost incomprehensible by my generation of physicians. Our science and technology will become so powerful that we shall require all of the art and wisdom we can muster to be sure that they remain dedicated, as Francis Bacon hoped four centuries ago, "to the uses of life." It is well that, as philosophers and physicians, we grapple with the issues now when they are relatively simple, and while the pace of change is relatively slow. We require a strategy for the future; that strategy must be worked out by scientists, philosophers, physicians, lawyers, theologians, and, I should like to add, artists and poets."

Ethics in Community Mental Health Care - Commonplace Concerns (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002):... Ethics in Community Mental Health Care - Commonplace Concerns (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002)
Patricia Backlar, David L. Cutler
R4,342 Discovery Miles 43 420 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume examines everyday ethical issues that clinicians encounter as they go about their work caring for people who have severe and persistent mental disorders. It prompts and provokes readers to recognize, to analyze, to reflect upon, and to respond to the range of commonplace ethical concerns that arise in community mental health care practice.

Medical Ethics Education: An Interdisciplinary and Social Theoretical Perspective (Paperback, 2013 ed.): Nathan Emmerich Medical Ethics Education: An Interdisciplinary and Social Theoretical Perspective (Paperback, 2013 ed.)
Nathan Emmerich
R1,848 Discovery Miles 18 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

There is a diversity of 'ethical practices' within medicine as an institutionalised profession as well as a need for ethical specialists both in practice as well as in institutionalised roles. This Brief offers a social perspective on medical ethics education. It discusses a range of concepts relevant to educational theory and thus provides a basic illumination of the subject. Recent research in the sociology of medical education and the social theory of Pierre Bourdieu are covered. In the end, the themes of Bourdieuan Social Theory, socio-cultural apprenticeships and the 'characterological turn' in medical education are draw together the context of medical ethics education.

Bioethics and the Fetus - Medical, Moral and Legal Issues (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991): James M.... Bioethics and the Fetus - Medical, Moral and Legal Issues (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991)
James M. Humber, Robert F Almeder
R1,495 Discovery Miles 14 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Bioethics and the Fetus: Medical, Moral, and Legal Issues is the ninth volume in the Biomedical Ethics Reviews series of texts designed to review and update the literature on issues of central importance in bioethics today. All of the essays in this volume examine moral and/or legal problems involving human fetal life; summaries of these essays may be found in the text's Introduction. Bioethics is, by its nature, interdisciplinary in character. Recog- nizing this fact, the authors represented in the present volume have made every effort to minimize the use of technical jargon. At the same time, we believe the purpose of providing a review of the recent literature, as well as of advancing bioethical discussion, is well served by the pieces collected herein. We look forward to the next volume in our series, and very much hope the reader will also. James M. Humber Robert F. Almeder vii Contributors Andrea L. Bonnicksen * Department of Political Science, Northern lllinois University, DeKalb, lllinois David W. Drebushenko * Department of Philosophy, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan Roger B. Dworkin * School of Law, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana Mary B. Mahowald * Pritzker School of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, lllinois Christine Overall * Department of Philosophy, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada WadeL. Robison* College of Liberal Arts, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York Barbara Katz Rothman * Department of Sociology, Baruch College, CUNY, New York, New York Thomas A.

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