Bioethics: The Basics

✍ Scribed by Alastair V. Campbell

Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2013
Tongue: English
Leaves: 201
Edition: 1
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

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
Healthcare ethics including the nature of the practitioner-patient relationship
Public policy ethics and the implications of global and public health

Concise, readable and authoritative, this is the ideal primer for anyone interested in the study of bioethics.

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