Bioethics in a Liberal Society

The Political Framework of Bioethics Decision Making

Thomas May (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

152 Seiten

2009
Johns Hopkins University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8018-9282-0 (ISBN)

Artikel merken

Bioethics in a Liberal Society is essential reading for all those interested in understanding how bioethics is practiced within our society.

May discusses the fundamental features of a liberal society- chiefly, the individual's rights to make decisions for him- or herself-then applies them in the most important relational issues in health care: patients' autonomy and professionals' rights of conscience. Issues concerning patients' rights are at the center of bioethics, but the political basis for these rights has rarely been examined

Thomas May is an associate professor and director of Graduate Studies in Bioethics at the Center for the Study of Bioethics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

Contents: Preface Acknowledgments 1 Introduction: The Liberal Framework I Patient Autonomy 2 Patient Autonomy and Informed Consent 3 Patient Responsibility for Decision Making 4 Advance Directives: Extending Autonomy for Patients II Professional Rights of Conscience 5 Beneficence, Abandonment, and the Duty to Treat 6 Rights of Conscience in the Physician-Patient Relationship 7 Conclusion: Health Care Ethics Committees and Consultants in a Liberal Framework References Index

Verlagsort	Baltimore, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	254 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
ISBN-10	0-8018-9282-1 / 0801892821
ISBN-13	978-0-8018-9282-0 / 9780801892820
Zustand	Neuware