|
" Bioethics for beginners : "
Glenn McGee
| Document Type
|
:
|
BL
|
| Record Number
|
:
|
657605
|
| Doc. No
|
:
|
dltt
|
| Main Entry
|
:
|
McGee, Glenn,1967-
|
| Title & Author
|
:
|
Bioethics for beginners : : 60 cases and cautions from the moral frontier of healthcare /\ Glenn McGee
|
| Publication Statement
|
:
|
Chichester, West Sussex ;Malden, Mass. :: Wiley-Blackwell,, 2012
|
| Page. NO
|
:
|
xv, 169 p. ;; 24 cm
|
| ISBN
|
:
|
9780470659113 (hardback : alk. paper)
|
|
|
:
|
: 0470659114 (hardback : alk. paper)
|
| Bibliographies/Indexes
|
:
|
Includes bibliographical references (p. 150-159) and index
|
| Contents
|
:
|
Caution 1. Tip-toe when walking on the bleeding edge -- Caution 2. Everybody lies -- Caution 3. The genome isn't what it used to be -- Caution 4. Reproduce at your own peril -- Caution 5. Don't sweat the nano-sized stuff -- Caution 6. The state will protect your health right up until it doesn't -- Caution 7. "Do no harm" has become "care for yourself" -- Caution 8. You arent dead until someone tells you so -- Caution 9. Eat only food for thought -- Caution 10. Beware of ideologues and demagogues -- Conclusion: Move slowly and stay cool
|
| Abstract
|
:
|
"Maps the giant dilemmas posed by new technologies and medical choices, using 60 cases taken from our headlines, and from the worlds of medicine and science. This eminently readable book takes it one case at a time, shedding light on the social, economic, and legal side of twenty-first-century medicine while giving the reader an informed basis on which to answer personal, practical question such as: should we test and modify our genes? How much is too much in the world of designer food and pets? Should we enhance ourselves, and, if so, how far beyond our natural abilities? Must we design our children? How long should we plan to live, and how should we think about dying in the twenty-first century?--
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Bioethics, Case studies
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Bioethics
|
| Dewey Classification
|
:
|
174
|
| LC Classification
|
:
|
QH332.M42 2012
|
| |