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" New Knowledge in the Biomedical Sciences : "
edited by William B. Bondeson, H. Tristram Engelhardt, Stuart F. Spicker, Joseph M. White.
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BL
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714835
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b536987
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edited by William B. Bondeson, H. Tristram Engelhardt, Stuart F. Spicker, Joseph M. White.
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New Knowledge in the Biomedical Sciences : : Some Moral Implications of Its Acquisition, Possession, and Use\ edited by William B. Bondeson, H. Tristram Engelhardt, Stuart F. Spicker, Joseph M. White.
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Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1982
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Philosophy and medicine, 10.
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(248 pages).
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9400977239
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: 9789400977235
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Section I / The Physician as Moral Arbiter --;The Physician as a Moral Force in American History --;The Physician as Moral Arbiter --;Section II / The Costs of New Knowledge --;Moral Issues Relating to the Economics of New Knowledge in the Biomedical Sciences --;Only the Best is Good Enough? --;Section III / Costs, Benefits, and the Responsibilities of Medical Science --;Morality and the Social Control of Biomedical Technology --;Rights and Responsibilities in Medical Science --;Health, Justice, and Responsibility --;Section IV / Biomedical Knowledge: Libertarian vs. Socialist Models --;The Need to Know: Utilitarian and Esthetic Values of Biomedical Science --;Medical Knowledge as a Social Product: Rights, Risks, and Responsibilities --;Biomedical Knowledge: Progress and Priorities --;Section V / Biomedical Ethics and Advances in Biomedical Science --;Applying Morality to Advances in Biomedicine: Can and Should This be Done? --;Biomedicine, Health Care Policy, and the Adequacy of Ethical Theory --;Section VI / Conclusions and Reflections: Present and Future Problems --;Why New Technology is More Problematic than Old Technology --;The Uses of Biomedical Knowledge: The End of the Era of Optimism? --;The Best is Yet to Come --;Scientific Advance, Technological Development, and Society --;The Life-World and the Patient's Expectations of New Knowledge --;Epilogue --;Notes on Contributors.
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The spectacular development of medical knowledge over the last two centuries has brought intrusive advances in the capabilities of medical technology. As a consequence of the development of new biomedical knowledge, physicians and biomedical scientists have been placed in positions of new power and responsibility.
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Ethics.
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Philosophy (General)
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H Tristram Engelhardt
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Joseph M White
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Stuart F Spicker
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William B Bondeson
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