Bioethics

Volume 19, Part 2

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Technological innovations and social developments have led to dramatic changes in the practice of medicine and in the way that scientists conduct medical research. Change has brought beneficial consequences, yet these gains have come at a cost, for many modern medical practices raise troubling ethical questions: Should life be sustained mechanically when the brain's functions have ceased? Should potential parents be permitted to manipulate the genetic characteristics of their embryos? Should society ration medical care to control costs? Should fetal stem cells be experimented upon in an effort to eventually palliate or cure debilitating diseases? Bioethicists analyze and assess moral dilemmas raised by medical research and innovative treatments; they also counsel healthcare practitioners, patients, and their families. In this anthology, fifteen philosophers, social scientists, and academic lawyers assess various aspects of this field.

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Non-Fiction Medicine Medicine in General Medical Profession Medical Ethics & Professional Conduct Society & Culture Ethical Issues & Debates Ethical Issues of Scientific & Technological Developments Philosophy Ethics & Moral Philosophy Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects Encyclopaedias & Reference Works

Science Biology, Life Sciences Life Sciences in General Bio-Ethics Social & Political Philosophy

Introduction	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xviii
Contributors	p. xix
Bioethics and the Problem of Pluralism	p. 1
Pragmatism in Bioethics: Been There, Done That	p. 29
The Ordination of Bioethicists as Secular Moral Experts	p. 59
Information(al) Matters: Bioethics and the Boundaries of the Public and the Private	p. 83
Bioethics as Social Philosophy	p. 113
Social Moral Epistemology	p. 126
Why Health Is Not Special: Errors in Evolved Bioethics Intuitions	p. 153
Power, Integrity, and Trust in the Managed Practice of Medicine: Lessons from the History of Medical Ethics	p. 180
The Distribution of Life-Saving Medical Resources: Equality, Life Expectancy, and Choice behind the Veil	p. 212
Pharmacogenetic Interventions, Orphan Drugs, and Distributive Justice: The Role of Cost-Benefit Analysis	p. 246
The Ubiquity and Utility of the Therapeutic Misconception	p. 271
Indifference of Subjects: An Alternative to Equipoise in Randomized Clinical Trials	p. 295
The Biophilosophical Basis of Whole-Brain Death	p. 324
Freedom and Responsibility in Genetic Testing	p. 343
Genes, Justice, and Obligations to Future People	p. 360
Index	p. 389
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