Andreas-Holger Maehle, Johanna Geyer-Kordesch

Historical and Philosophical Perspectives on Biomedical Ethics

From Paternalism to Autonomy?

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This title was first published in 2002: This volume discusses the subject of biomedical ethics. Various views, historical and contemporary, are discussed, with the editors using the contrasting concepts in the shift from paternalism to autonomy in 20th-century medicine as a heuristic tool for the critical study of ethics in medicine.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 249g
• ISBN-13: 9781138734982
• ISBN-10: 1138734985
• Artikelnr.: 55101296

Autorenporträt

Andreas-Holger Maehle, Johanna Geyer-Kordesch,

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction, Andreas-Holger Maehle and Johanna Geyer-Kordesch; "honour and
interests" - medical ethics and the British Medical Association, Andrew
A.G. Morrice; the emergence of medical professional ethics in Germany,
Andreas-Holger Maehle; health costs and the ethics of the German sickness
insurance system, Lutz D.H. Sauerteig; problems of consent to surgical
procedures and autopsies in 20th-century Germany, Cay-Rudiger Prull and
Marianne Sinn; human research - from ethos to law, from national to
international regulations, Ulrich Trohler; ethical aspects of life-saving
and life-sustaining technologies, Bryan Jennett; autonomous agency and
consent in the treatment of the terminally ill, Susan L. Lowe; the
"Frankenstein" nature of biotechnology, David E. Cooper.