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- Observing bioethics
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Authors: Swazey, Judith P. ; Fox, Renée C. ; Watkins, Judith C.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This book examines the history of bioethics as a discipline related not only the the fields of medicine, biology and biotechnology, but also to the core values and beliefs of American society and its courts legislatures and media. ...
Year: 2008
URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip082/2007042347.htmlBiblio - KBL781 - 2010-06-21 15:02
- Biomedical ethics for engineers : ethics and decision making in biomedical and biosystem engineering
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Authors: Vallero, Daniel A.
Publication Type: Book
Secondary Title: The biomedical engineering series; Variation: Biomedical engineering series (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Abstract: This volume discusses the important role bioethics plays in the professional life of engineers, especially biomedical engineers. The book discusses the how engineers can incorporate a wide array of societal perspectives into their w...
Year: 2007Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-06-15 11:53
- Bioethics : a return to fundamentals
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Authors: Gert, Bernard ; Culver, Charles M. ; Clouser, K. Danner
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This book integrates moral philosophy with clinical medicine to present a comprehensive summary of the theory, concepts, and lines of reasoning underlying the field of bioethics....
Year: 1997Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-11-10 17:32
- Research Ethics
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Authors: Smith Iltis, Ana
Publication Type: Book
Secondary Title: Annals of Bioethics
Abstract: This book focuses on ethics in biomedical research, especially in the areas of research involving human participants, populations of research subjects who merit special ethical attention such as children, and emerging issues such as...
Year: 2006Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-10-08 15:12
- Bioethics : a systematic approach
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Authors: Gert, Bernard ; Culver, Charles M. ; Clouser, K. Danner
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This book uses the systematic account of our common morality developed by Bernard Gert to provide a useful foundation for dealing with the moral problems and disputes that occur in the practice of medicine. It discusses key issues s...
Year: 2006Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-11-10 17:32
- Re-creating medicine : ethical issues at the frontiers of medicine
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Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-02-24 15:07
- Ethics and the business of biomedicine
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Authors: Arnold, Denis Gordon
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This anthology focuses on ethical questions raised by the changes that are sweeping healthcare worldwide, such as the availability of new expensive biotechnologies in industrialized nations, questions pertaining to the business of h...
Year: 2009Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-02-23 16:01
- The Ethical dimensions of the biological sciences
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Authors: Heitman, Elizabeth ; Reiser, Stanley Joel ; Bulger, Ruth Ellen
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This is a collection of readings compiled during an eight-year experience in teaching a required ethics course to biological science graduate students at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Presented in a singl...
Year: 1993Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-10 14:36
- The Ethics of Research Involving Animals
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Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This report, written by the United Kingdom’s Nuffield Council on Bioethics, seeks to clarify the debate about the use of animals in research and aims to help individuals thing through the ethical issues raised. It discusses the ran...
Year: 2005
URL: http://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/go/ourwork/animalresearch/publication_178.htmlBiblio - KBL781 - 2010-04-26 10:05
- Life, liberty, and the defense of dignity : the challenge for bioethics
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Authors: Kass, Leon R.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: Discusses the ethical issues surrounding controversial topics such as stem cell research, cloning, organ donations, end of life issues, the the value of life in today's society, and how this concept of life plays out in the fields o...
Year: 2002
URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy038/2002074225.htmlBiblio - KBL781 - 2010-07-14 13:41
- Re-creating medicine : ethical issues at the frontiers of medicine
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Authors: Pence, Gregory E.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This is a collection of original essays on a variety of bioethics topics including organ and egg donation, surrogate pregnancy, cbper-medicine, cloning, gene therapy and patenting, and human enhancement. The author of this collectio...
Year: 2000Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-07-14 13:44
- Redesigning humans : our inevitable genetic future
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Authors: Stock, Gregory
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: Examines potential uses for genetic technology, including the ability to identify and manipulate genes, and the social and moral consequences of such decisions....
Year: 2002
URL: Materials specified: Sample texthttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/samples/hm051/2001051890.htmlBiblio - KBL781 - 2011-10-10 15:01
- Case studies in biomedical research ethics
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Authors: Murphy, Timothy F.
Publication Type: Book
Secondary Title: Basic bioethics
Abstract: This book includes 149 biomedical case studies that cover historical case studies such as Tuskegee Syphilis Study and Willowbrook hepatitis studies, and others that focus on current issues such as human embryonic stem cell research...
Year: 2004Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-14 13:16
- Case studies in biomedical research ethics
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Authors: Murphy, Timothy F.
Publication Type: Book
Secondary Title: Basic bioethics; Variation: Basic bioethics.
Abstract: "This textbook for instruction in biomedical research ethics can also serve as a valuable reference for medical professionals and bioethicists. The 149 cases included in the book are grouped in nine chapters, each of which covers a ...
Year: 2004Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-10-07 15:24
- Case studies in biomedical ethics : decision-making, principles, and cases
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Authors: English, Dan C. ; Veatch, Robert M. ; Haddad, Amy Marie
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This book explores fundamental ethical questions arising from real situations faced by health professionals, patients, and others. After introducing readers to a framework for ethical decision making and looking at major concepts in...
Year: 2010Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-10-07 15:26
- Improving nature? : the science and ethics of genetic engineering
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Authors: Straughan, Roger ; Reiss, Michael J.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: Little more than a decade ago, in the early 1980s, the term 'genetic engineering' was hardly known outside research laboratories. By now, though, its use is widespread. Those in favour of genetic engineering - and those against it -...
Year: 1996Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-10-07 15:25
- Rethinking informed consent in bioethics
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Authors: O'Neill, Onora ; Manson, Neil C.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: The authors of this volume look at the issue of trying to set defensible and feasible standards for informed consent in research. They look at the reasons why informed consent cannot be fully specific or fully explicit, and why more...
Year: 2007
URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0803/2007280642-t.htmlBiblio - KBL781 - 2010-04-29 13:34
- The Frankenstein syndrome : ethical and social issues in the genetic engineering of animals
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Authors: Rollin, Bernard E.
Publication Type: Book
Secondary Title: Cambridge studies in philosophy and public policy;
Abstract: Discusses the moral and social issues raised by the genetic engineering of animals, and the issues that society must address in order to effectively manage the use of this technology....
Year: 1995Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-07-14 13:45
- Improving nature? : the science and ethics of genetic engineering
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Authors: Reiss, Michael J. ; Straughan, Roger
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: The authors of this book explore the the potential impact of genetic engineering on many aspects of society, and seeks to clarify the issues involved so that readers can make up their own minds about these controversial issues....
Year: 1996Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-07-14 13:45
- From chance to choice : genetics and justice
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Authors: Buchanan, Allen E.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This book probes the implications of advances in genetics, and asks how this new technology should affect our understanding of distributive justice, equality in opportunity, the rights and obligations as parents, the meaning of disa...
Year: 2000Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-07-14 13:36
- Beyond evolution : the genetically altered future of plants, animals, the earth--and humans
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Authors: Fox, Michael W.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: Discusses the biological, economic, and moral ramifications of "genetic imperialism"....
Year: 1999Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-07-14 13:38
- Biomedical ethics : opposing viewpoints
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Authors: Roleff, Tamara L.
Publication Type: Book
Secondary Title: Opposing viewpoints series; Variation: Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Abstract: Contains thirty essays by various authors that present opposing views on the ethics of biomedical practices in the areas of human cloning, organ donations, reproductive technologies, and genetic research....
Year: 1998Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-07-14 13:45
- Babies by design : the ethics of genetic choice
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Authors: Green, Ronald Michael
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: We stand on the brink of unprecedented growth in our ability to understand and change the human genome. New reproductive technologies now enable parents to select some genetic traits for their children, and soon it will be possible ...
Year: 2007Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-10-10 14:59
- Principles of biomedical ethics
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Authors: Beauchamp, Tom L. ; Childress, James F.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: A foundational text of biomedical ethics, this book provides a highly insightful and practical guide to morality in the health professions. The authors discuss the four principles that like at the core of moral reasoning in the hea...
Year: 2008Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-14 11:47
- The Code of codes : scientific and social issues in the Human Genome Project
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Authors: Hood, Leroy E. ; Kevles, Daniel J.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This collection of essays discusses the history of the Human Genome Project and possible consequences of this project in relation to ethics, law, and society. ...
Year: 1992Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-14 13:09
