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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... moral views . Medicine is not considered a merely technical enterprise that can be morally evaluated from some exogenous standpoint . Rather , the professional practice of medicine always presumes and implies a moral perspective or ...
... moral views . Medicine is not considered a merely technical enterprise that can be morally evaluated from some exogenous standpoint . Rather , the professional practice of medicine always presumes and implies a moral perspective or ...
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... moral philosophy or moral theology , but with a specific approach of moral problems . Sometimes , such identification leads to negative responses , accusing ' bioethicists ' of facilitating medical technologies and attempting to soften ...
... moral philosophy or moral theology , but with a specific approach of moral problems . Sometimes , such identification leads to negative responses , accusing ' bioethicists ' of facilitating medical technologies and attempting to soften ...
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... moral debate to focus on ideas of reciprocity , mutual obligations , social justice , relationships between individuals : Human beings ... depend both on each other and on their environment , and a realistic appraisal of the present ...
... moral debate to focus on ideas of reciprocity , mutual obligations , social justice , relationships between individuals : Human beings ... depend both on each other and on their environment , and a realistic appraisal of the present ...
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... moral education coupled with an exquisite sense of the four cardinal virtues : prudence , justice , fortitude , and temperance ) . If the artisans are considered to be of diseased and low moral condition , the guardians , in contrast ...
... moral education coupled with an exquisite sense of the four cardinal virtues : prudence , justice , fortitude , and temperance ) . If the artisans are considered to be of diseased and low moral condition , the guardians , in contrast ...
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... moral duties of physicians , but they understand them as duties of non - maleficence , that is , duties which are objective , universal and absolute , equal for all , and required if necessary by coercion or force . That is why we have ...
... moral duties of physicians , but they understand them as duties of non - maleficence , that is , duties which are objective , universal and absolute , equal for all , and required if necessary by coercion or force . That is why we have ...
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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