Practical Decision Making in Health Care Ethics: Cases and Concepts, Third Edition - Softcover

Devettere, Raymond J.

 
9781589012516: Practical Decision Making in Health Care Ethics: Cases and Concepts, Third Edition
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1589012518 ISBN 13: 9781589012516
Publisher: Georgetown University Press, 2009

Synopsis

Interest in virtue-based ethics, both on the theoretical level and in particular domains such as health care, has grown steadily in recent decades. Whereas most versions of virtue ethics focus on moral virtues such as beneficence, caring, and justice, Devettere follows in the footsteps of Aristotle and focuses on the intellectual virtue of prudence, the virtue of ethical decision making. His third edition of a classic text in health care ethics includes numerous landmark cases that have arisen since the last edition, such as the story of Terri Schiavo, Jesse Gelsinger (the first death caused by genetic research), and examples of controversial HIV/AIDS research in Africa. New topics for this edition include partial birth abortion law (upheld in Gonzales v. Carhart, 2007), embryonic stem cell research, infant euthanasia in The Netherlands, recent Vatican instructions on feeding tubes, organ donation after cardiac death, new developments in artificial hearts, clinical trials developed by pharmaceutical companies to market new drugs, and ghostwritten scientific articles published in major medical journals. One new chapter has been added, treating the ethical aspects of several social and political issues in American health care. In addition, the bibliographic essays at the end of each chapter have been thoroughly updated, offering students additional resources for further reading. The book includes a helpful glossary of terms in health care and moral philosophy, as well as an index of cases.

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About the Author

Raymond J. Devettere is a professor of philosophy at Emmanuel College where he directs the values-based education program and serves on the institutional review board. He also teaches health care ethics at Boston College and is a member of both the ethics committee and institutional review board at Newton-Wellesley Hospital.

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Publisher
Georgetown University Press
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1589012518
ISBN 13 
9781589012516
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
3
Number of pages
528