Free and informed consent is one of the most widespread and morally important practices of modern health care; competence to consent is its cornerstone. This book provides an introduction to the key practical, philosophical, and moral issues involved in competence to consent.
This anthology aims to offer incisive analysis of the plethora of issues raised by advances in reproductive medicine, including abortion, contraception, cryopreservation of gametes and embryos, surrogate motherhood and psychosocial issues of in-vitro fertilisation.
The biological revolution, with its attendant technological powers to alter nature and human nature, demands fundamental and cautionary reflection on questions of the highest ethical importance. This book explores nine topics ranging from birth and adolescence to aging and death.
Offers a history of the active euthanasia movement in America, as represented by its most visible proponent, the Hemlock Society. This book traces the growth of the society from its beginnings as a three-person cause to its world-wide fame.
Intends to capture the moment of Dr Rosier's legal ordeal. Describing an intriguing array of legal twists and turns, this book helps you find out why Patricia's father and brothers sought immunity before they would testify, and feel the rush of tension in planning defence strategy: how could anyone explain away Dr. Rosier's confessions?
By analyzing the amalgam of Greek philosophy, Jewish and Christian teachings, and secular humanism that composes our dominant ethical system, this title explores the question of whether or not Western and non-Western moral values can be commingled without bilateral loss of cultural integrity.
In this first modern history of public health services in the United States, John Duffy traces the evolution of the field from the late 1700s to the present. One of the leading authorities on American medical history and public health, Duffy provides a panoramic view of its development, skillfully detailing how services have evolved to fit into ......
Whether it be disconnecting life-support systems, or choosing not to resuscitate, administering a lethal overdose, the public is divided: should these actions be viewed as "mercy killing", or are they acts of murder pure and simple? This book presents selections that help clear away the clouds of confusion churning at the centre of this debate.
