Bioethics: The Basics
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Bioethics: The Basics
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Bioethics: The Basics is an introduction to the foundational principles, theories, and issues in the study of medical and biological ethics. Readers are introduced to bioethics from the ground up before being invited to consider some of the most controversial but important questions facing us today.
Topics addressed include:
- The range of moral theories underpinning bioethics
- Arguments for the rights and wrongs of abortion, euthanasia, and animal research
- Health care ethics, including the nature of the practitioner-patient relationship
- Public policy ethics and the implications of global and public health
- โ3 parentsโ, enhancement, incidental findings, and nudge approaches in health care
This thoroughly revised second edition provides a concise, readable, and authoritative introduction for anyone interested in the study of bioethics.
Series: The Basics
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780415790307
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 12 June 2017
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Routledge
Edition: 2nd edition
Audience: General / adult, Primary and secondary education, Tertiary education
DIMENSIONS
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 560g
Pages: 202
About the Author
Alastair V. Campbell, FRSE, is Emeritus Director of the Centre for Biomedical Ethics, National University of Singapore, founding editor of the Journal of Medical Ethics, formerly President of the International Association of Bioethics, and an H. K. Beecher Awardee of the Hastings Center, NY.
Also by Alastair Campbell
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