Bioethics Beyond the Headlines Who Lives? Who

Bioethics Beyond the Headlines is a primer in bioethics. You will not find convoluted philosophical arguments in this volume. Rather, you will find an engaging sampling of the key questions in bioethics, including euthanasia, assisted reproduction, cloning and stem cells, neuroscience, access to healthcare, and even research on animals and questions of environmental ethics--areas typically overlooked in general introductions to bioethics.

Albert R. Jonsen is Professor Emeritus of Ethics in Medicine at the School of Medicine, University of Washington

Introduction

1

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Part I Who Lives? Who Dies? Who Decides? An Essay on Ethics and Bioethics

Part II Clinical Bioethics

Defining Death

26

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Forgoing Life Support: The Quality of Life

35

(5)

Autonomy of the Patient

40

(8)

Euthanasia

48

(11)

Organ Transplantation

59

(8)

Assisted Reproduction

67

(10)

Abortion

77

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Part III Scientific Bioethics: The Search for Benefit

Research with Humans

86

(10)

Genetics

96

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Neuroscience

114

(13)

Cloning and Stem Cell Research

127

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Part IV The Wider World of Bioethics

Bioethics and the Health Care System

141

(13)

Cultural Bioethics

154

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Animal Ethics

160

(7)

Environmental Ethics

167

(10)

Conclusion

177

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Appendix A---Precis of Moral Philosophy

181

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Appendix B---Precis of History of Medical Ethics

189

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Appendix C---The Frankenstein Analogy

193

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Glossary

199

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Index

205

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About the Author

209

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Bioethics Beyond the Headlines Who Lives? Who Dies? Who Decides?

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