The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Bioethics
Published on 13. November 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
979-8-216-36610-2 (ISBN)
Description
This bioethics handbook offers concise, up-to-date, and easy to read chapters on a broad range of bioethical topics in the following categories: foundational concepts, theory and method, healthcare ethics, research ethics, public health, technology, and the environment.
The volume provides a snapshot of current bioethics, taking into account current affairs and emerging new topics. Each chapter acknowledges and critically breaks down the historical developments of the subject and the most authoritative existing literature on respective topics, providing accessible and up-to-date philosophical analysis. As such, the chapters are designed to be attractive as primary or supplementary teaching material for university classes of the philosophical or bioethical variety, with clear demarcations and indicators for key terms, ideas, and arguments that should also facilitate productive note-taking and points for critical discussion for students. The handbook also serves as a one-stop starting resource for multi- and interdisciplinary researchers and practitioners who engage with bioethics in their work.
The volume provides a snapshot of current bioethics, taking into account current affairs and emerging new topics. Each chapter acknowledges and critically breaks down the historical developments of the subject and the most authoritative existing literature on respective topics, providing accessible and up-to-date philosophical analysis. As such, the chapters are designed to be attractive as primary or supplementary teaching material for university classes of the philosophical or bioethical variety, with clear demarcations and indicators for key terms, ideas, and arguments that should also facilitate productive note-taking and points for critical discussion for students. The handbook also serves as a one-stop starting resource for multi- and interdisciplinary researchers and practitioners who engage with bioethics in their work.
Reviews / Votes
The first formal use of the term bioethics to distinguish the ethical relationships between humans and other living organisms is attributed to Fritz Jahr in 1927. Rapid growth in biomedical discoveries and medical treatments since then greatly increased the complexity and scope of bioethics. This book edited by Di Nucci, Lee, and Wagner thoroughly examines past and contemporary bioethics assumptions and applications. Each chapter is authored by an unbiased expert on a particular set of viewpoints and situations. Much of the ethics coverage focuses on medical ethics, health care, and human subject research, but the book concludes with chapters on bioethics in the context of environmental sciences and animal experimentation. Chapters include ample citations. Highly recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals. Students in two-year technical programs. * Choice Reviews *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
3 b/w illustrations; 1 table
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 198 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
907 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-216-36610-2 (9798216366102)
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Additional editions
Ezio Di Nucci | Ji-young Lee | Isaac A. Wagner
The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Bioethics
E-Book
10/2022
1st Edition
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
€36.99
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Persons
Ezio Di Nucci is professor of bioethics and director of the Centre for Medical Science and Technology Studies at the University of Copenhagen.
Ji-Young Lee is postdoctoral researcher in bioethics in the Department of Public Health at the University of Copenhagen. She works on the Velux-funded Future of Family Relationships project, which explores the future of family structures and ties in light of advances in reproductive technologies.
Isaac A. Wagner is teaching associate professor of bioethics in the Department of Public Health at the University of Copenhagen.
Ji-Young Lee is postdoctoral researcher in bioethics in the Department of Public Health at the University of Copenhagen. She works on the Velux-funded Future of Family Relationships project, which explores the future of family structures and ties in light of advances in reproductive technologies.
Isaac A. Wagner is teaching associate professor of bioethics in the Department of Public Health at the University of Copenhagen.
Content
Introduction: Bioethics for the 22nd Century - Isaac A Wagner, Ji-Young Lee & Ezio Di Nucci
Part 1 - Concepts and Principles
Section I: Foundations & Methods in Bioethics
1. Moral Status - Ezio Di Nucci
2. Health, Disease and Wellbeing - S Engelsen, S Harnow Klausen & R Christiansen
3. Bioethical Principles - Nana Cecilie Halmsted Kongsholm
4. Neurodiversity - Kenneth Shields
Section II: Decision-making in Healthcare
5. Substituted Decision-making - Anna-Karin Margareta Andersson
6. Autonomy and Responsibility - Lisa Dive
7. Paternalism - Jason Hanna
8. Conscientious Objection in Health Care - Udo Schuklenk
Section III: Discrimination in Bioethics
9. Epistemic Injustice in Healthcare - Ji-Young Lee
10. Bias in Medicine - Mayli Mertens
11. Race and Gender in Research - Christopher ChoGlueck & Elisabeth A Lloyd
Section IV: The Politics of Healthcare
12. Priority Setting in Health Care - Eric Roark
13. Health Care Rights - Richard Lauer
14. Vulnerability - Costanza Porro
15. Nudging in Public Health - Paul Hamilton
Part 2 - Applications and Trends
Section V: Medical Case Studies
16. Organ Markets - Andreas Albertsen
17. Physician-Assisted Death - Iain Brassington
18. Interpretation and Medical Technologies - Jan Kyrre Berg Olsen Friis
19. Disability - Melinda C Hall
Section VI: Epidemics and Pandemics
20. Responsible Pain Medicine - TN Rieder, D Manoharan & VV Altiery De Jesus
21. Pandemic Ethics - Anne Lykkeskov
22. Vaccination Ethics - Stephen John
Section VII: Reproduction
23. The Ethics of Parenthood - Teresa Baron
24. Reproductive Technologies for Queer and Trans People - Doris Leibetseder
25. Population Governance - Karin Kuhlemann
26. The Ethics of Circumcision - Brian Earp
Section VIII: Biotechnology and Society
27. Data Ethics - Aaro Tupasela
28. AI in Medical Practice - Karin Jongsma & Martin Sand
29. Performance Enhancing Drugs - Thomas Sobirk Petersen
30. Medical Instagram in Russia - Yulia Karpova & Pavel Vasilyev
Section IX: Beyond Bioethics?
31. Neuroethics - Mary Jean Walker
32. Nursing Ethics - Ann Gallagher
33. Climate Change - Trevor Hedberg
34. The Ethics of Animal Experimentation - Adam Shriver
Part 1 - Concepts and Principles
Section I: Foundations & Methods in Bioethics
1. Moral Status - Ezio Di Nucci
2. Health, Disease and Wellbeing - S Engelsen, S Harnow Klausen & R Christiansen
3. Bioethical Principles - Nana Cecilie Halmsted Kongsholm
4. Neurodiversity - Kenneth Shields
Section II: Decision-making in Healthcare
5. Substituted Decision-making - Anna-Karin Margareta Andersson
6. Autonomy and Responsibility - Lisa Dive
7. Paternalism - Jason Hanna
8. Conscientious Objection in Health Care - Udo Schuklenk
Section III: Discrimination in Bioethics
9. Epistemic Injustice in Healthcare - Ji-Young Lee
10. Bias in Medicine - Mayli Mertens
11. Race and Gender in Research - Christopher ChoGlueck & Elisabeth A Lloyd
Section IV: The Politics of Healthcare
12. Priority Setting in Health Care - Eric Roark
13. Health Care Rights - Richard Lauer
14. Vulnerability - Costanza Porro
15. Nudging in Public Health - Paul Hamilton
Part 2 - Applications and Trends
Section V: Medical Case Studies
16. Organ Markets - Andreas Albertsen
17. Physician-Assisted Death - Iain Brassington
18. Interpretation and Medical Technologies - Jan Kyrre Berg Olsen Friis
19. Disability - Melinda C Hall
Section VI: Epidemics and Pandemics
20. Responsible Pain Medicine - TN Rieder, D Manoharan & VV Altiery De Jesus
21. Pandemic Ethics - Anne Lykkeskov
22. Vaccination Ethics - Stephen John
Section VII: Reproduction
23. The Ethics of Parenthood - Teresa Baron
24. Reproductive Technologies for Queer and Trans People - Doris Leibetseder
25. Population Governance - Karin Kuhlemann
26. The Ethics of Circumcision - Brian Earp
Section VIII: Biotechnology and Society
27. Data Ethics - Aaro Tupasela
28. AI in Medical Practice - Karin Jongsma & Martin Sand
29. Performance Enhancing Drugs - Thomas Sobirk Petersen
30. Medical Instagram in Russia - Yulia Karpova & Pavel Vasilyev
Section IX: Beyond Bioethics?
31. Neuroethics - Mary Jean Walker
32. Nursing Ethics - Ann Gallagher
33. Climate Change - Trevor Hedberg
34. The Ethics of Animal Experimentation - Adam Shriver