Bioethics in a European PerspectiveH.A. Ten Have, Bert Gordijn Springer Science & Business Media, 2013 M03 9 - 548 pages In this book, developed by a group of collaborating scholars in bioethics from different European countries, an overview is given of the most salient themes in present-day bioethics. The themes are discussed in order to enable the reader to have an in-depth overview of the state of the art in bioethics. Introductory chapters will guide the reader through the relevant dimensions of a particular area, while subsequent case discussions will help the reader to apply the ethical theories to specific clinical problems and health policy queries. The book focuses on perspectives typical for the European context. This highlights not only particular bioethical themes such as social justice, choices in health care, and health policy (e.g., in post-communist countries), it also emphasizes specific approaches in ethical theory, in relation to Continental philosophies such as phenomenology and hermeneutics. Because of its articulation of what is typical for the European health care setting as well as for bioethical debate, this book is unique in comparison to existing textbooks in bioethics. The book is an introductory textbook acquainting the reader with the major issues in present-day health care as well as the various theoretical and practical approaches to clarify these issues. |
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Page 7
... ethics . Here , many schools and approaches flourish in practice and literature : applied ethics , hermeneutical ethics , casuistry , clinical ethics , narrative ethics , care ethics . But this situation seems not too different from ...
... ethics . Here , many schools and approaches flourish in practice and literature : applied ethics , hermeneutical ethics , casuistry , clinical ethics , narrative ethics , care ethics . But this situation seems not too different from ...
Page 16
... moral conflicts could arise and a new discipline could emerge . In his contribution , Henk ten Have ( the Netherlands ) analyzes the various theoretical approaches to ethics . Currently , bioethics is dominated by the applied ethics ...
... moral conflicts could arise and a new discipline could emerge . In his contribution , Henk ten Have ( the Netherlands ) analyzes the various theoretical approaches to ethics . Currently , bioethics is dominated by the applied ethics ...
Page 29
... applied this hard paternalism only to grave and hopeless cases , like cancer patients . Perhaps it can be said that until the 18th century patients were treated as infants or completely incompetent boys and from the 18th century onwards ...
... applied this hard paternalism only to grave and hopeless cases , like cancer patients . Perhaps it can be said that until the 18th century patients were treated as infants or completely incompetent boys and from the 18th century onwards ...
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... ethics was drawn up by moralists and applied by confessors . The physician was presented with everything in ... ethics , if by this is meant the moral autonomy of physicians and patients . What existed was something else , in principle ...
... ethics was drawn up by moralists and applied by confessors . The physician was presented with everything in ... ethics , if by this is meant the moral autonomy of physicians and patients . What existed was something else , in principle ...
Page 39
... applied to the distribution of charges and taxes between individuals , instead of being used for the distribution of public goods , specially land property , between some positively privileged people . All this has been and continues to ...
... applied to the distribution of charges and taxes between individuals , instead of being used for the distribution of public goods , specially land property , between some positively privileged people . All this has been and continues to ...
Contents
ethics | 51 |
The autonomy of the patient | 83 |
The autonomy of the health care | 92 |
PERSON AND BODY | 109 |
Case discussions | 157 |
Experimentation with human | 167 |
Compulsory medical treatment | 179 |
list rationing and priorities | 219 |
Consensus formation as a basic strategy | 281 |
Case discussions | 369 |
Abortion 385 | 384 |
Embryo experimentation | 399 |
Case discussions | 487 |
Pain management | 495 |
Comatose patients 509 | 508 |
Index of Names | 535 |
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