Mary Briody Mahowald

Bioethics and Women

Across the Life Span

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Deals with bioethical issues relevant to women across their life span. The topics presented cover the life span of women, not just those related to reproduction; a range of views about moral status are applied not only to fetuses but also to individuals already born.

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This book deals with bioethical issues relevant to women across their life span. Gender justice is both the starting point and the end point of the author's egalitarian perspective. Implications of different positions on moral status are considered with regard to ethical decisions after birth as well as before birth.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 166mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780195176179
• ISBN-10: 0195176170
• Artikelnr.: 22781022

Inhaltsangabe

PART ONE: A BIOETHICS FOR WOMEN
1: An Egalitarian Overview
2: Distinguishing Features of WOmen's Health Care
3: Different Starting Points, Standpoints, End Points
PART TWO: TOPICS, ISSUES, AND CASES
4: Preconception and Prenatal Decisions
5: Medically Assisted Reproduction
6: Non-compliance during pregnancy
7: Decisions at parturition and birth
8: Treatment of minors
9: Preventing Pregnancy and Birth
10: Domestic and family violence
11: Nonreproductive health issues
12: Care of the elderly and end of life care
13: Research issues
PART THREE: AN EGALITARIAN IDEAL
14: Virtue and gender justice in health care