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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... conditions for an autonomous choice : is it informed , free and intended ? Evans shows that in practical circumstances these conditions are easily compromised , and therefore in need of continuous re - evaluation . The second case calls ...
... conditions for an autonomous choice : is it informed , free and intended ? Evans shows that in practical circumstances these conditions are easily compromised , and therefore in need of continuous re - evaluation . The second case calls ...
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... condition , the guardians , in contrast , are considered healthy in body and soul . They can thus be free men and they can enjoy liberties . From the best of the guardians come the governors , who Plato feels represent the category of ...
... condition , the guardians , in contrast , are considered healthy in body and soul . They can thus be free men and they can enjoy liberties . From the best of the guardians come the governors , who Plato feels represent the category of ...
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... condition . For many patients through this cause have taken a turn for the worse , I mean by the declaration I have mentioned of what is present , or by a forecast of what is to come ( Hippocrates , 1981 , p . 297-299 ) . In the ...
... condition . For many patients through this cause have taken a turn for the worse , I mean by the declaration I have mentioned of what is present , or by a forecast of what is to come ( Hippocrates , 1981 , p . 297-299 ) . In the ...
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... condition applies to every man with human rights , and generates in all other human beings the duty of their respect . The only difference with antiquity is that the authors of the seventeenth century understood the natural law theory ...
... condition applies to every man with human rights , and generates in all other human beings the duty of their respect . The only difference with antiquity is that the authors of the seventeenth century understood the natural law theory ...
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... conditions if one does not have ' free- dom to ' work , have a family , raise children , etc. , such freedoms being granted by economic , social , and cultural rights . For this reason , socialism began to consider the ' freedom from ...
... conditions if one does not have ' free- dom to ' work , have a family , raise children , etc. , such freedoms being granted by economic , social , and cultural rights . For this reason , socialism began to consider the ' freedom from ...
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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