Biomedical Ethics Reviews · 1989

✍ Scribed by Glenn C. Graber (auth.), James M. Humber, Robert F. Almeder (eds.)

• Publisher: Humana Press
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 170
• Series: Biomedical Ethics Reviews
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Biomedical Ethics Reviews • 1989 is the seventh volume in a series of texts designed to review and update the literature on issues of central importance in bioethics today. Three topics are discussed in the present volume: (1) Should Abnormal Fetuses Be Brought to Term for the Sole Purpose of Providing Infant Transplant Organs? (2) Should Physicians Dispense Drugs for Profit? and (3) Should Human Death Be Taken to Occur When Persons Perma­ nently Lose Consciousness? Each topic constitutes a separate section in our text; introductory essays briefly summarize the contents of each section. Bioethics is, by its nature, interdisciplinary in character. Recog­ nizing this fact, the authors represented in the present volume have made every effort to minimize the use of technical jargon. At the same time, we believe the purpose of providing a review of the recent literature, as well as of advancing bioethical discussion, is admirably served by the pieces collected herein. We look forward to the next volume in our series, and very much hope the reader will also.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Front Matter....Pages 1-4
Should Abnormal Fetuses Be Brought to Term for the Sole Purpose of Providing Infant Transplant Organs?....Pages 5-24
Should Abnormal Fetuses Be Brought to Term for the Sole Purpose of Providing Infant Transplant Organs?....Pages 25-54
Front Matter....Pages 55-58
The Case for Physician-Dispensed Drugs....Pages 59-73
Physicians as Pharmacists....Pages 75-93
Should Physicians Dispense Drugs for a Profit?....Pages 95-112
Front Matter....Pages 113-115
Definition and Death....Pages 117-125
On Human Death....Pages 127-163
Back Matter....Pages 165-169

✦ Subjects

Theory of Medicine/Bioethics; Biomedicine general; Ethics