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 8
... nature of this relationship ( see , for example : Lain , 1969 ) . They more or less disclosed the moral dimension of medicine for public reflection , because they showed that medicine itself is a normative science of life . They also ...
... nature of this relationship ( see , for example : Lain , 1969 ) . They more or less disclosed the moral dimension of medicine for public reflection , because they showed that medicine itself is a normative science of life . They also ...
Page 18
... natural things are also ends in some way , and not only means , because nature is the necessary context for humanity . Human beings are not angels but animals , and only in the interior of the ecological equilibrium of nature and life ...
... natural things are also ends in some way , and not only means , because nature is the necessary context for humanity . Human beings are not angels but animals , and only in the interior of the ecological equilibrium of nature and life ...
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... nature asymmetric and vertical since a physician's function is to command , and a patient's function is to obey . According to the classical stereotype , a good patient was always passive , neither asked questions nor protested , and ...
... nature asymmetric and vertical since a physician's function is to command , and a patient's function is to obey . According to the classical stereotype , a good patient was always passive , neither asked questions nor protested , and ...
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... nature and possibility of an informed consent . Nonetheless , there is widespread agreement that the consent process can be analyzed as containing three elements : information , comprehension and voluntariness . 2. Assessment of Risks ...
... nature and possibility of an informed consent . Nonetheless , there is widespread agreement that the consent process can be analyzed as containing three elements : information , comprehension and voluntariness . 2. Assessment of Risks ...
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... natural ' order , while considering any departure from that order to be bad . Nature is the work of God , said the Christian theologians of the Middle Ages , and so the natural order is essentially good . This explains why medieval ...
... natural ' order , while considering any departure from that order to be bad . Nature is the work of God , said the Christian theologians of the Middle Ages , and so the natural order is essentially good . This explains why medieval ...
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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