The Penn Center Guide to Bioethics - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0826115225 ISBN 13: 9780826115225

Publisher: Springer Publishing Co Inc, 2009

Synopsis

The Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania is an internationally recognized leader in bioethical education and research. Its interdisciplinary faculty is drawn from the fields of medicine, philosophy, law, nursing, anthropology, sociology, psychology, religious studies, and public policy. Arthur L. Caplan, the Center's founding director, is recognized as one of the most influential experts in the field of American medicine and health care. He has authored numerous books and scholarly articles, writes the ""Breaking Bioethics"" column for MSNBC.com, and frequently appears on national media outlets. Now, Caplan combines his expertise with Senior Fellows of the Penn Center, Vardit Ravitsky and Autumn Fiester in ""The Penn Center Guide to Bioethics"". Ravitsky, faculty at the Department of Medical Ethics, and Fiester, Director of Graduate Studies, have worked with both national and international projects in bioethics and their work has been published in leading journals. With sixty-eight chapters written by eighty experts, the ""Guide"", written in accessible language, provides an integrated overview of this important and complex field. Starting with sections that present both classical and emerging topics in bioethics, the book journeys through the bioethical challenges faced along the life course, from reproduction through childhood to the end of life. The ""Guide"" contains chapters on controversial topics such as: Neuroethics, Research misconduct, Conscientious refusals by physicians, Human gene patenting and biobanks, Making decisions for children, Access to affordable medical care, Bioethics and national security, Public health ethics and the ethics of vaccination, Organ trafficking, and Hospice, advance directives and palliative care. ""The Penn Center Guide to Bioethics"", prepared under the auspices of the Center for Bioethics and drawing on its faculty, fellows and visitors past and present, will be an essential resource for all health care practitioners, researchers, and students who struggle daily with ethical issues. This book will also help patients, their family members, and loved ones as they seek answers to bioethical issues that have touched their lives. Finally, it will allow any reader a deeper understanding of the vibrant world of bioethics as it unfolds.

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About the Author

Vardit Ravitsky, PhD,is a faculty member at the Department of Medical Ethics and a senior fellow at the Center for Bioethics, at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Previously, she was a post-doctoral fellow at the Department of Clinical Bioethics at the NIH and at the Social and Behavioral Research Branch (SBRB) of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI).

From the Back Cover

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Named an Outstanding Academic Title for 2009 by"Choice!

""[A] set of almost 70 essays, all well informed and many with attitude."" Harold Shapiro, PhD
Professor Emeritus and Professor of Economics and Public Affairs
Princeton University, Former Chair, National Bioethics Advisory Board

""This most noteworthy and authoritative collection of 67 essays...represents 'the Penn way of doing bioethics' ....The Penn Center is widely known for multidisciplinary scholarship that emphasizes empirical inquiry on bioethical issues coupled with practical application(s)....The book provides excellent coverage of...both classical topics (e.g., informed consent, infertility, eugenics) and emerging issues (e.g., cloning, nonprofessional caregiving, privacy of thought in the age of brain imaging). The contributors, including the three editors, are either well-established or emerging scholars. Each essay offers historical background, an overview of relevant issues, a conclusion, and a list of references....Summing Up: Highly recommended.""--Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries

""This well-written book addresses a wide-ranging assortment of traditional bioethics issues that persist in the field as well as contemporary bioethics concerns that have evolved with new technologies and medical advances. This is a great resource for scholars in bioethics as well as various other relevant disciplines concerned with bioethical issues."" Score: 96, 4 stars--Doody's Medical Reviews

The Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania is the internationally recognized leader in bioethical education and research. Its interdisciplinary faculty is drawn from the fields of medicine, law, nursing, education, philosophy, psychology, and religious studies. Arthur L. Caplan, the Center's founding director, is recognized as one of the most influential experts in bioethics. He has authored numerous books and articles, and served as the Chair of the Advisory Committee to the United Nations on human cloning.

The Penn Center's leading fellows, Autumn Fiester and Vardit Ravitsky, have combined their expertise with Dr. Caplan and over 80 other contributors to create "The Penn Center Guide to Bioethics"--the foremost authority on both traditional and cutting-edge bioethical issues. "The Penn Guide" navigates uncharted ethical terrains, undoubtedly shaping both academic and public discourses on the challenging controversies generated by new technologies, theories, and medical advances.

This volume represents the Penn Center's distinct, pioneering approach to bioethics, one that emphasizes empirical treatment of bioethical issues, and the integration of bioethical scholarship with practical application.

Learn what the Penn Center has to say about: Neuroethics and brain imaging: Is my mind mine? Choosing future people: reproductive technologies and identity Eugenics and survival of the fittest in the modern world Bioethics and national security Vaccination, abortion, nanotechnology, organ transplantation, end-of-life issues, and more

"The Penn Guide" will be the definitive text for policy makers, health practitioners, researchers, and students. This book will also inform the general public, patients, and family members as they seek answers to the bioethical issues of the day. "

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Edition details

• Publisher: Springer Publishing Co Inc
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826115225
• ISBN 13: 9780826115225
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 858
• Editor: Ravitsky Vardit