Taking sides. Clashing views on bioethical issues / [edited by] Gregory E. Kaebnick
Contributor(s): Kaebnick, Gregory E [editor].
Publisher: [New York] : Mcgraw-Hill Education, [2015]Edition: Sixteenth edition.Description: iv, 269 pages ; 28 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781259374036.Other title: Clashing views on bioethical issues | Bioethical issues.Subject(s): Bioethics | Medical ethicsGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references
Is patient autonomy the central value in making medical decisions? -- May surrogate decision makers terminate care for a person in a persistent vegetative state? -- Is "continuous deep sedation" a valuable treatment option for patients who are close to death? -- Should physicians be allowed to assist in patient suicide? -- Is abortion immoral? -- Should a pregnant woman be punished for exposing her fetus to risk? -- Should physicians be allowed to participate in executions? -- Should pharmacists be allowed to deny prescriptions on grounds of conscience? -- Is the use of medical tools to enhance human beings morally troubling? -- Should research on human embryonic stem cells be halted, given the presence of possible alternatives? -- Should governments develop DNA databanks to support law enforcement? -- May doctors offer medical drugs and surgery to stop a disabled child from maturing? -- Should scientists create artificial living things? -- Is an individual mandate to purchase health insurance fair? -- Is there an ethical duty to provide health care to undocumented immigrants? -- Should new drugs be given to patients outside clinical trials? -- Should vaccination for HPV be mandated for teenage girls? -- Should there be a market in human organs?