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Description: About this productProduct InformationWe are living in an unprecedented era of biomedical revolution. Medicine is remaking humans, and controversy surrounds such topics as abortion, artificial organs, brain circuitry, eugenics, euthanasia, and gene therapy. At the same time, medical advances are posing complex ethical problems for both patients and professionals. The most comprehensive and up-to-date collection of its kind, Case Studies in Biomedical Ethics: Decision-Making, Principles, and Cases explores fundamental ethical questions arising from real situations faced by health professionals, patients, and others. Featuring a wide range of more than 100 case studies drawn from current events, court cases, and physicians' experiences, the book is divided into three parts. Part I presents a basic framework for ethical decision-making in healthcare, covering such issues as separating evaluative questions from questions of fact; distinguishing between ethical and nonethical evaluations; and identifying the source of ethical judgments. Expanding upon this framework, Part II explains the ethical principles: beneficence and nonmaleficence, justice, respect for autonomy, veracity, fidelity, and avoidance of killing. Parts I and II provide students with the background to analyze the ethical dilemmas presented in Part III, which features cases on a broad spectrum of issues including abortion, genetics, mental health, confidentiality, health insurance, experimentation on humans, the right to refuse treatment, and death and dying. Each case is accompanied by the authors' commentary, which guides students in considering the issues. Ideal for undergraduate and graduate courses in biomedical ethics, bioethics, and medical ethics, Case Studies in Biomedical Ethics incorporates opening text boxes in each chapter that cross-reference relevant cases in other chapters. It also includes an appendix of important ethical codes and a glossary of key terms.Product IdentifiersPublisherOxford University PressISBN-100195309723ISBN-139780195309720eBay Product ID (ePID)71240148Product Key FeaturesFormatTrade PaperbackPublication Year2009LanguageEnglishDimensionsWeight22.4 OzWidth9.1in.Height1in.Length6in.Additional Product FeaturesDewey Edition22Table of ContentList of CasesList of FiguresPrefaceIntroduction: Four Questions of EthicsWhat Are the Source, Meaning, and Justification of Ethical Claims?1. Distinguish between Evaluative Statements and Statements Presenting Nonevaluative Facts2. Distinguish between Ethical and Nonethical Evaluations3. Determine Who Ought to DecideWhat Kinds of Acts Are Rights?ConsequentialismDeontological or "Duty-based" EthicsOther Issues of Normative EthicsHow Do Rules Apply to Specific Situations?What Ought to Be Done in Specific Cases?Part I: Ethics and Values in Medical Cases1. A Model for Ethical Problem SolvingThe Five-Step ModelApplication of the Model1. Respond to the Sense That Something Is Wrong2. Gather Information3. Identify the Ethical Problem/Moral Diagnosis4. Seek a Resolution5. Work with Others to Choose a Course of Action2. Values in Health and IllnessIdentifying Value Judgments in MedicineSeparating Ethical and Other Evaluations3. What is the Source of Moral Judgments?Grounding Ethics in the Professional CodeGrounding Ethics in the Physician''s OrdersGrounding Ethics in Institutional PolicyGrounding Ethics in the Patient''s ValuesGrounding Ethics in Religious or Philosophical PerspectivesPart II: Ethical Principles in Medical Ethics4. Benefiting the Patient and Others: The Duty to Do Good and Avoid HarmBenefiting the PatientHealth in Conflict with Other GoodsConflicts among Health-Related BenefitsRelating Benefits and HarmsBenefits of Rules and Benefits in Specific CasesBenefiting Society and Individuals Who Are Not PatientsBenefits to SocietyBenefits to Specific NonpatientsBenefit to the ProfessionBenefit to the Health Professional and the Health Professional''s Family5. Justice: The Allocation of Health ResourcesJustice among PatientsJustice between Patients and OthersJustice in Public PolicyJustice and Other Ethical Principles6. AutonomyDetermining Whether a Patient Is AutonomousExternal Constraints on AutonomyOverriding the Choices of Autonomous Persons7. Veracity: Honesty with PatientsThe Condition of DoubtLying in order to BenefitProtecting the Patient by LyingProtecting the Welfare of OthersSpecial Cases of Truth-TellingPatients Who Do Not Want to Be ToldFamily Members Who Insist the Patient Not Be ToldThe Right of Access to Medical Records8. Fidelity: Promise-Keeping, Loyalty to Patients, and Impaired ProfessionalsThe Ethics of Promises: Explicit and ImplicitFidelity and Conflicts of InterestIncompetent and Dishonest Colleagues9. Avoidance of KillingActive Killing versus Letting DieWithholding versus Withdrawing TreatmentDirect versus Indirect KillingJustifiable Omissions: The Problem of Nutrition and HydrationVoluntary and Involuntary KillingKilling as PunishmentPart III: Special Problem Areas10. Abortion, Sterilization, and ContraceptionAbortionAbortion for Medical Problems of the FetusAbortion Following Sexual AssaultAbortion to Save the Life of the Pregnang WomanAbortion and the Mentally Incapacitated WomanAbortion for Socioeconomic ReasonsSterilizationContraception11. Genetics, Birth, and the Biological RevolutionGenetic CounselingGenetic ScreeningIn Vitro Fertilization and Surrogate MotherhoodPreimplantation DiagnosisGene Therapy12. Mental Health and Behavior ControlThe Concept of Mental HealthMental Illness and Autonomous BehaviorMental Illness and Third-Party InterestsOther Behavior-Controlling Therapies13. Confidentiality: Ethical Disclosure of Medical InformationBreaking Confidence to Benefit the PatientBreaking Confidence to Benefit OthersBreaking Confidence as Required by LawConflict between Confidentiality and Other Duties14. Organ TransplantsProcuring OrgansDonation versus SalvagingDiseased and Poor-Quality OrgansDonation after Cardiac DeathPreserving the Organs of the DyingSocially Directed Organ DonationLiving Donor/Deceased Donor Organ SwapsChildren as Living Organ SourcesAllocating OrgansMaximizing Benefits and Distributing Organs FairlyWhen Voluntary Risks Cause a Need for OrgansMultiple Organs and SpeDewey Decimal174.2IllustratedYesAge LevelCollege AudienceCopyright Date2010AuthorRobert M. Veatch, Dan C. English, Amy M. HaddadNumber of Pages496 PagesLc Classification NumberR724.V3985 2010Reviews"Case Studies in Biomedical Ethics is by far the most comprehensive and engaging text I have yet encountered in the field. It includes a far-ranging array of cases in bioethics for use in the classroom presented in terms of a compelling account of the basic principles and issues of contemporary health care ethics. . . . I believe that it will set the new standard in the field."--Daniel E. Palmer, Kent State University "The sheer range of cases is better than any other of the score of textbooks I have seen. One of the great virtues of the book is the style, which is consistently clear and engaging without sacrificing attention to the complexities and subtleties of the issues. The coverage of topics is more extensive than any other textbook I am aware of. . . . The integration of commentary on each specific case, as well as a larger framework for putting the cases in the context of basic principles of medical ethics, is exemplary. The book is an excellent choice for any college-level course in medical ethics."--Daniel Berthold, Bard College, "The sheer range of cases is better than any other of the score of textbooks I have seen. One of the great virtues of the book is the style, which is consistently clear and engaging without sacrificing attention to the complexities and subtleties of the issues. The coverage of topics is moreextensive than any other textbook I am aware of. . . . The integration of commentary on each specific case, as well as a larger framework for putting the cases in the context of basic principles of medical ethics, is exemplary. The book is an excellent choice for any college-level course in medicalethics." --Daniel Berthold, Bard College, "Case Studies in Biomedical Ethicsis by far the most comprehensive and engaging text I have yet encountered in the field. It includes a far-ranging array of cases in bioethics for use in the classroom presented in terms of a compelling account of the basic principles and issues of contemporary health care ethics. . . . I believe that it will set the new standard in the field."--Daniel E. Palmer,Kent State University "The sheer range of cases is better than any other of the score of textbooks I have seen. One of the great virtues of the book is the style, which is consistently clear and engaging without sacrificing attention to the complexities and subtleties of the issues. The coverage of topics is more extensive than any other textbook I am aware of. . . . The integration of commentary on each specific case, as well as a larger framework for putting the cases in the context of basic principles of medical ethics, is exemplary. The book is an excellent choice for any college-level course in medical ethics."--Daniel Berthold,Bard College, "Case Studies in Biomedical Ethics is by far the most comprehensive and engaging text I have yet encountered in the field. It includes a far-ranging array of cases in bioethics for use in the classroom presented in terms of a compelling account of the basic principles and issues ofcontemporary health care ethics. . . . I believe that it will set the new standard in the field." --Daniel E. Palmer, Kent State University, "Case Studies in Biomedical Ethics is by far the most comprehensive and engaging text I have yet encountered in the field. It includes a far-ranging array of cases in bioethics for use in the classroom presented in terms of a compelling account of the basic principles and issues of contemporary health care ethics. . . . I believe that it will set the new standard in the field."--Daniel E. Palmer, Kent State University"The sheer range of cases is better than any other of the score of textbooks I have seen. One of the great virtues of the book is the style, which is consistently clear and engaging without sacrificing attention to the complexities and subtleties of the issues. The coverage of topics is more extensive than any other textbook I am aware of. . . . The integration of commentary on each specific case, as well as a larger framework for putting the cases in thecontext of basic principles of medical ethics, is exemplary. The book is an excellent choice for any college-level course in medical ethics."--Daniel Berthold, Bard CollegeLccn2008-052687

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