Bioethics: The Basics

CONTENTS

Preface

Abbreviations

1 What is bioethics?

What is bioethics?

History

What about the law?

Methods

Applications

How to use this book

Resources and further reading

2 Moral theories

Introduction

Counting the consequences

Doing one's duty

Being a good person - virtue ethics

Brotherhood and sisterhood - communitarianism

Live free or die - libertarianism

A balancing act - the four principles

Resources and further reading

Exercise

3 Perspectives

Introduction

Gendered agendas - feminist approaches

To care or not to care?

Culture and religion

Conclusion

Resources and further reading

Exercises

4 Clinical ethics

Introduction

The clinical relationship - a conspiracy against the laity?

Life before birth

Transplantation and regenerative medicine

Mental health

The end of life

After death

Conclusions

Resources and further reading

Exercises

5 Research

Introduction

Research ethics

Research integrity

Research and the future

Conclusion

Resources and further reading

Exercises

6 Justice

Introduction

Public health ethics

Fair access and the paradox of health care

Global inequity in health

Global survival

Resources and further reading

Exercises

Appendix

Glossary

References

Index