Bernard J. Ficarra

Bioethics' Rise, Decline, and Fall

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 422
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 682g
• ISBN-13: 9780761821670
• ISBN-10: 0761821678
• Artikelnr.: 21910957

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

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