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Bioethics: Principles, Issues and Cases - Softcover

Vaughn, Lewis

 
9780195182828: Bioethics: Principles, Issues and Cases
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0195182820 ISBN 13: 9780195182828
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, 2009

Synopsis

Vaughn offers a hybrid of text, readings and cases to provide a current, accessible introdution to the philosophical, medical, scientific, social and legal aspects of key bioethics issues. Topics covered include paternalism, patient autonomy, truth telling, informed consent, abortion, in vitro fertilisation, cloning, impaired infants, embryonic stem-cell dilemmas, genetic engineering, euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, human and animal research, inequities in access to medical treatment, HIV/AIDS in Africa and health care costs.

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About the Author


Lewis Vaughn is the author or coauthor of several books, including: The Power of Critical Thinking, Third Edition (forthcoming from OUP, 9/09); How to Think About Weird Things: Critical Thinking for a New Age, Fifth Edition (2007); Doing Ethics: Moral Reasoning and Contemporary Issues (2007); Doing Philosophy: An Introduction Through Thought Experiments, Third Edition (2006); and Writing Philosophy: A Student's Guide to Writing Philosophy Essays (OUP, 2005).

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Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0195182820
ISBN 13 
9780195182828
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
696