Well and Good: A Case Study Approach to Biomedical Ethics - Brossura

Thomas, John E.; Waluchow, Wilfrid J.

 
9781551112060: Well and Good: A Case Study Approach to Biomedical Ethics
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ISBN 10: 155111206X ISBN 13: 9781551112060
Casa editrice: Broadview Pr, 1998

Sinossi

Well and Good presents a combination of "classic" and little-known but real-life cases. Included are a range of cases involving nurses and other health professionals as well as many involving doctors. The cases in the main body of the book are accompanied by the editors' impartial discussions of the issues involved. The final section is comprised of unanalysed cases for further study.For the new edition, the introduction has been expanded to include discussions of feminist bioethics and of virtue ethics, alongside the Kantian, Rossian and utilitarian frameworks discussed in previous editions. Most of the existing cases have been updated to reflect these additional foci, and four analysed cases have been added. Several cases have been added to the group of unanalysed cases, which now includes questions for discussion. Among cases new to this edition are the "mercy killing" case of Robert Latimer, the assisted suicide of Sue Rodriguez, the pregnancy solvent-abuse case of Ms. G., and a case involving sex-selection and abortion on gender grounds.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Wilfrid Waluchow is a professor in the Philosophy Department at McMaster University. His other works include Inclusive Legal Positivism (OUP); John Thomas, one of Canada's leading bioethicists, died in 1997.

Dalla quarta di copertina

Well and Good presents a combination of "classic" and little-known but real-life cases. Included are a range of cases involving nurses and other health professionals as well as many involving doctors. The cases in the main body of the book are accompanied by the editors' impartial discussions of the issues involved. The final section is comprised of unanalysed cases for further study.For the new edition, the introduction has been expanded to include discussions of feminist bioethics and of virtue ethics, alongside the Kantian, Rossian and utilitarian frameworks discussed in previous editions. Most of the existing cases have been updated to reflect these additional foci, and four analysed cases have been added. Several cases have been added to the group of unanalysed cases, which now includes questions for discussion. Among cases new to this edition are the "mercy killing" case of Robert Latimer, the assisted suicide of Sue Rodriguez, the pregnancy solvent-abuse case of Ms. G., and a case involving sex-selection and abortion on gender grounds.

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Editore
Broadview Pr
Data di pubblicazione
1998
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
155111206X
ISBN 13 
9781551112060
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero edizione
3
Numero di pagine
298
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