Encyclopedia of Bioethics: Volume II
- ISBN-10
- 1632421305
- ISBN-13
- 9781632421302
- Series
- Encyclopedia of Bioethics
- Category
- Bioethics
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-02-02
- Author
- James Fillis
Description
The aim of this book is to provide state-of-the-art information regarding the topic of bioethics; the ethics of medical and biological research. In addition to the existing factors, two new factors have contributed to the ideological shift in the second half of the last century. The first is the "ecological impact" of humankind on the environment due to rise in population and the second is the "innovative impact of science." Firstly, atomic physics introduced the scission of the elemental unit of matter - the atom. And then, molecular biology showed the decoding of genetic data and intervention of biological engineering which changed our conception of individual and species as the basic units in biology. This stage of re-evaluating our basics, however, often gets overshadowed by the threat of ecological disaster and humongous population increase, which not burden development with constraints, but also threatens the very survival of humankind. The future survival of our species depends on the interplay between its reproductive characteristics and the productivity of the habitat, which, even if increased by the intellectual efficiency of the human brain, is intrinsically limited. The flexible alternatives (which are biotechnological and biomedical) of the interaction between humankind and the natural surroundings is the fundamental base of the new domain - Global Bioethics.
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
Taking Sides Reference Library
By Robert Ted D Delcampo, Scholastic Library Publishing... Rhoda E. Howard , from “ Human Rights and the Necessity for Cultural Change , " Focus on Law Studies 336 NO : Vinay Lal , from " The Imperialism of Human Rights , ” Focus on Law Studies 340 Rhoda E. Howard , a Canadian sociologist ...
-
Bioethics: An Introduction to the History, Methods, and Practice
By Nancy Ann Silbergeld Jecker, Albert R. Jonsen, Robert A. PearlmanThe proposal to establish what Chief Justice Richard J. Hughes called a hospital “ Ethics Committee ” gave a major impetus to a new Robert M. Veatch . “ Hospital Ethics Committees : Is There A Role ? ” Abridged from The Hasting Center ...
-
Principles of Biomedical Ethics
By Tom L. Beauchamp, James F. ChildressIBM, 306, 332 Bravery, 426 Braybrooke, David, 380 Breast implants, 204-06, 211, 221-22 Brennan, Troyen, 334, 381 Brett, Allan S., 218 Brewin, Thurstan B., 328 Briguglio, John, 108 Brock, Dan, 24, 53, 76, 106-7, 161-62, 164, 224, ...
-
Mason and McCall Smith's Law and Medical Ethics
By Graeme T. Laurie, Shawn Harmon, Gerard Porter... that the decision of Dr Todd can be rationally and responsibly supported ... whatever may have been his alternatives. ... in Walker-Smith v GMC146 the court recognised that the line between innovative treatment and experimental ...
-
The Ends of Human Life: Medical Ethics in a Liberal Polity
By Ezekiel J. EmanuelEmanual (oncology and medical ethics, Harvard) rejects the argument that recent issues of medical ethics are the result of new technologies, and contends that they are an inevitable consequence of liberal political values.
-
Science-Based Bioethics
By John Loike, Ruth Fischbachmenopause, creating the opportunity for safe, effective relief and treatment for women (Pearson, 2002; Mishra et al., 2010). There are myriad products on the market that claim to relieve the distressing symptoms of menopause.
-
Practical Decision Making in Health Care Ethics: Cases, Concepts, and the Virtue of Prudence, Fourth Edition
By Raymond J. DevettereNew Scholasticism 54 (1980): 200–12; Gilbert Meilaender, “The Distinction between Killing and Allowing to Die,” Theological Studies 37 (1976): 467–70; Raanan Gillon, “Euthanasia, Withholding Life-Prolonging Treatment, ...
-
Health Care Ethics: Critical Issues for the 21st Century
By John F. Monagle, David C. ThomasmaThe Patient Self - Determination Act David B. Clarke 1. The federal Patient Self - Determination Act ( PSDA ) became effective on December 1 , 1991more than 15 years after California became the first state to pass its Natural Death Act ...
-
Issues in Bioethics and the Concept of Scale
By William Andrew CookIn terms of medicine and clinical ethics ( that deal with questions of what should be done regarding a specific patient , an individual ) , the object ... What is ( are ) the contextual scale ( s ) and what the constituent scale ( s ) ?