The Hackett Introduction to Medical Ethics
eBook - ePub

The Hackett Introduction to Medical Ethics

A Guide for Students, Clinicians, and Ethics Committees

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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Hackett Introduction to Medical Ethics

A Guide for Students, Clinicians, and Ethics Committees

About this book

The Hackett?Introduction to Medical Ethics addresses key debates and analyzes prominent ethical perspectives on clinical medicine, healthcare policy, and human experimentation. Using numerous examples and case studies, Altman and Coe apply value theory to contemporary medical practice and trace the repercussions for such philosophical issues as autonomy, death, and justice. The book invites a range of readers to investigate urgent moral questions at the intersection of the body and social institutions.Free online resources to support The Hackett Introduction to Medical Ethics will be available on the book title page at www.hackettpublishing.com in early fall 2025. Resources will include PowerPoint lecture slides, a sample syllabus, links to case studies (to help facilitate small group discussion and apply theoretical concepts), and more.

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Information

Publisher
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781647922207
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Ethics in Medicine

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction
  8. Chapter 1: Moral Reasoning in a Medical Context
  9. Chapter 2: Collective Responsibility in Medicine
  10. Chapter 3: Paternalism and Patient Autonomy
  11. Chapter 4: Clinicians’ Obligations to Patients and Themselves
  12. Chapter 5: The Ethics and Legality of Abortion
  13. Chapter 6: Pregnancy and Reproductive Technologies
  14. Chapter 7: Advance Directives and Decision-Making for Incapacitated Patients
  15. Chapter 8: Medical Aid in Dying
  16. Chapter 9: Healthcare and Social Justice
  17. Chapter 10: Allocating Scarce Medical Resources
  18. Chapter 11: Racial Disparities in Healthcare
  19. Chapter 12: Pediatric Ethics
  20. Chapter 13: Nursing Ethics
  21. Chapter 14: Experimentation on Human Subjects
  22. Conclusion: Reflective Equilibrium, between Medicine and Philosophy
  23. Index
  24. Titles of Related Interest Available from Hackett Publishing

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