Bioethics' Rise, Decline, and Fall

Bernard J. Ficarra (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

420 Seiten

2002
University Press of America (Verlag)
978-0-7618-2167-0 (ISBN)

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With the rapid rise in bioengineering, bio-technology, bio-scientific economics, research commercialism, and the unraveling of genetic mysteries, many clinical and laboratory situations arise that bring bio-ethical urgencies to the forefront. Based on the author's years of teaching and private and hospital practice, Bioethics' Rise, Decline, and Fall offers guiding conclusions to today's medical quandaries.

Bernard J. Ficarra, M.D. is President of the Catholic Academy of Science in the United States. He is the author of several medical texts, including, Abortion Analyzed (Health Education Publications, 1989).

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Brief History of Bioethics Chapter 3 Energetic Bioethics Chapter 4 Dignity of Human Nature Preserved Chapter 5 Truth Telling in Medicine Chapter 6 Communication Science's Ethical Responsibility Chapter 7 Firmness versus Weakness in Bioethics Chapter 8 The Song of Death Chapter 9 Bioethics in Practice Chapter 10 Life and Death Ethical Decisions Chapter 11 Malevolence in Bioscience Chapter 12 Respect for Human Life Chapter 13 Feminist Approaches to Bioethics Chapter 14 Fetology Chapter 15 Fetal Tissue Research Chapter 16 Ethical Challenges in Genetics Chapter 17 Embryo Stem Cell Research Chapter 18 Cloning Chapter 19 Experiments on Human Beings Chapter 20 Managed Medicine Chapter 21 Misconduct in Research Chapter 22 Junk Science Chapter 23 Fraudulent Publications Chapter 24 Laboratory Approach to Humanity Chapter 25 Incomplete Research Before Human Use Chapter 26 Reuse of Disposable Medical Equipment Chapter 27 Endorsement and Prescribing Drugs Chapter 28 Refusal to Treat Chapter 29 Respect for Patient's Autonomy Chapter 30 Advocagenic and Iatrogenic Illnesses Chapter 31 Spoliation of Medical Evidence Chapter 32 Medical Commercialism Chapter 33 Bioethics and Legal Medicine Chapter 34 Physicians as Witnesses Chapter 35 Compliance with Government Medical Guidelines Chapter 36 Physicians Union Chapter 37 Science and Religion Chapter 38 Bioethics and Moral Theology Chapter 39 Medical History United with Bioethics Chapter 40 Envoi Chapter 41 Bibliography

Erscheint lt. Verlag	29.3.2002
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	153 x 223 mm
Gewicht	608 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
ISBN-10	0-7618-2167-8 / 0761821678
ISBN-13	978-0-7618-2167-0 / 9780761821670
Zustand	Neuware