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The foundations of bioethics
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- Creator
- H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Oxford University Press, 1986
- Physical Details
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- xvi, 398 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780195036084, 0195036085
- OCLC
- ocm11548300
- Includes bibliographies and index.
- 1. Introduction : bioethics as a plural noun -- 2. The intellectual bases of bioethics -- 3. The principles of bioethics -- 4. The context of health care : persons, possessions, and states -- 5. The languages of medicalization -- 6. The endings and beginnings of persons : death, abortion, and infanticide -- 7. Free and informed consent, refusal of treatment, and the health care team : the many faces of freedom -- 8. Rights to health care, social justice, and fairness in health care allocations : frustrations in the face of finitude -- 9. Reshaping human nature : virtue with moral strangers and responsibility without moral content -- Index
Subjects
- Bioethics.
- Medical ethics.
- Bioethics.
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- Delivery of Health Care.
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- Ethics, Medical.
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