Bioethics Beyond the Headlines: Who Lives? Who Dies? Who Decides?

Cloth-bound: 224+ pages
ISBN 0742545237
Rowman & Littlefield
November 2005
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Soft-bound: 224+ pages
ISBN 0742545245
978-0742545243
Rowman & Littlefield
November 2005
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Bioethics asks fundamental questions. "Who lives? Who dies? Who decides?" These questions are relevant to us all.

Too often, the general public's sole encounter with these weighty questions is through sound bites fed to us by the media - where complex, difficult matters are typically presented in superficial and inaccurate terms. Here, renowned bioethicist Albert R. Jonsen equips readers with the tools and background to navigate the fascinating and complex landscape of bioethics.

Bioethics Beyond the Headlines is a primer. You will not find convoluted philosophical arguments in this volume. Rather, you will find an engaging sampling of the key questions in bioethics, including euthanasia, assisted reproduction, cloning and stem cells, neuroscience, access to healthcare, and even research on animals and questions of environmental ethics - areas typically overlooked in general introductions to bioethics.

But a "primer" is not merely a first book - it should also "prime" the interest of the reader, to prepare the mind for a more expansive venture into these issues. Bioethics Beyond the Headlines intends to do just that. Albert R. Jonsen is professor emeritus of ethics in medicine at the School of Medicine, University of Washington. This book covers the following topics:

Who Lives? Who Dies? Who Decides? An Essay on Ethics and Bioethics
Clinical Bioethics
- When is a Benefit not Beneficial: Defining Death
- Foregoing Life Support: Quality of Life
- Autonomy of the Patient
- Euthanasia
- Transplantation
- Assisted Reproduction
- Abortion
Scientific Bioethics
- Research with Humans
- Genetics
- Neuroscience
- Cloning and Stem Cells
The Wider World of Bioethics
- Health Care Access
- Cultural Bioethics
- Research with Animals
- Environmental Ethics
Conclusion
Appendices
- Precis of Moral Philosophy
- Precis of History of Medical Ethics
- The Frankenstein Analogy

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