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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... problems and cases from health care . The book comprises five major parts , focusing respectively on the foundations and history of bioethics , on issues relating to the human person and his or her body , on the relationship of person ...
... problems and cases from health care . The book comprises five major parts , focusing respectively on the foundations and history of bioethics , on issues relating to the human person and his or her body , on the relationship of person ...
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... problems in the health care setting . Nonetheless , the dominance of this model is criticized and alternative models and approaches are now fashionable in bioethical discourse . Ten Have also explores the question whether there are ...
... problems in the health care setting . Nonetheless , the dominance of this model is criticized and alternative models and approaches are now fashionable in bioethical discourse . Ten Have also explores the question whether there are ...
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... problems raised at the beginning and at the end of human life . Today , the dominant model is widely professionalised and medicalized , and Potter's approach remains clearly marginalized . This is the reason why bioethics is today used ...
... problems raised at the beginning and at the end of human life . Today , the dominant model is widely professionalised and medicalized , and Potter's approach remains clearly marginalized . This is the reason why bioethics is today used ...
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... problems are finally reduced in our ethical debates to the problem of the sustainability of life and the quality of life . If in the sixties the great ethical debate was always the confrontation between East and West , the liberalism of ...
... problems are finally reduced in our ethical debates to the problem of the sustainability of life and the quality of life . If in the sixties the great ethical debate was always the confrontation between East and West , the liberalism of ...
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... problems led in the mid seventies to the identifi- cation of three basic ethical principles , namely respect for persons , benefi- cence , and equity . This identification was made in the U.S.A. by the National Commission for the ...
... problems led in the mid seventies to the identifi- cation of three basic ethical principles , namely respect for persons , benefi- cence , and equity . This identification was made in the U.S.A. by the National Commission for the ...
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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