Bioethics

Authors: Annas, G. J.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Asserts that if China had done to the Cruzan family what the state of Missouri did to them, the US public would have been outraged. The commandeering of Nancy Cruzan's body; Nancy's parents as natural protectors; State's interest in...
Year: 1990

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Authors: Annas, G. J.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Discusses the issues and problems caused by the new reproductive technologies and questions whether or not we need new laws to deal with these problems. The case of the leftover embryos; The Anna Johnson case; The twin studies; Prob...
Year: 1991

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Authors: Arno, Peter S. ; Bonuck, Karen A.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Surveys the economic impact of high-technology home medical care. High-tech home care as an alternative to hospitalized care rather than just a means to recover from it; Direct and indirect costs; Industry growth; The appeal of home...
Year: 1994

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Authors: Aarons, Derrick E.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Discusses the status of health care services in the Caribbean. Information on the limited biomedical resources and personnel in the Caribbean; Prevalence of folk medicine practices in the Caribbean; Reasons as to why people resort t...
Year: 1999

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Authors: Achenbaum, W. Andrew
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Discusses the difficulty of achieving health care reform in the United States. Why promoting `the general welfare' is difficult in a country where progress is measured incrementally; Provisions of the Social Security Act of 1935; Th...
Year: 1994

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Authors: Agar, Nicholas
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: The article presents an essay on transhumanism, which is the intellectual and cultural movement that affirms the possibility and desirability of improving human condition through applied reason and by developing technologies to elim...
Year: 2007
DOI: 10.1353/hcr.2007.0034

Authors: Agich, G. J. ; Younger, S. J.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Ponders how closely involved patients and their families should become with hospital ethics committees. Patient rights model; Ethics committee functions; Types of access; Case review; Access to reports and recommendations; Theoretic...
Year: 1991

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Authors: Ainslie, Donald C.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Examines the conflict between bioethics' treatment of AIDS and AIDS-related duty to warn and the commitment of many gay men to a safer sex. How the safer sex ethic affirms the importance of sex in human life; How bioethics could app...
Year: 1999

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Authors: Allert, Gebhard ; Sponholz, Gerlinde
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Reflects on what old age accompanied by chronic disease means to the individual, to the individual's family and other caregivers and to the public. Meaning and life narrative; `Meaning' within personal relationships; Families; Careg...
Year: 1994

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Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Discusses bioethical issues arising from the public solicitation of organ donors via the Internet. Risks associated with public solicitation; Significance of the public solicitation practice to transplant organizations; Implications...
Year: 2005
DOI: 10.1353/hcr.2005.0052

Authors: Cohen, Eric
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Explores the moral anthropology and governing philosophy that inform conservative bioethics. Practical concerns of public bioethics toward embryo research; Ethical issues surrounding the practice of assisted reproductive technologie...
Year: 2006
DOI: 10.1353/hcr.2006.0004

Authors: Gunderson, Martin ; Berger, Jeffrey T.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Seeks for an opinion whether a physician of a sixty-seven-year-old woman should attempt CPR amidst the patient's conflicting preferences for care. Medical condition of the patient; Medications administered to the patient....
Year: 2006
DOI: 10.1353/hcr.2006.0003

Authors: Yudin, Boris
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Discusses the thoroughgoing transformations of the entire health care system in Russia. Bioethical problems in Russia; History of bioethics in Russia; Russian National Committee of Bioethics in the Russian Academy of Science; Resear...
Year: 1992

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Authors: Parens, Erik ; Knowles, Lori P.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Examines the public policy stance regarding reprogenetics in the U.S. as of July 2003. Reasons for the lack of a productive public discussion regarding reprogenetics; Committee created by the U.S. National Institute of Health to add...
Year: 2003

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Authors: Lombado, Paul A.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Discusses ethical issues concerning the 1924 Virginia law authorizing eugenic sterilization of people designated as socially inadequate, based on the case of Carrie Buck. Information on the sterilization law; Examination conducted b...
Year: 2003

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Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Discusses a case study of the significance of language interpretation to hospital ethics in dealing with an Chinese immigrant patient in the U.S. Background on the gap between the culture of medicine and that of the patient; Role of...
Year: 2004

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Authors: English, Michael ; Koram, Kwando A. ; Clerk, Christine Alexandra ; Agbenyega, Tsiri ; Anto, Francis ; Setouhy, Maged El
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Discusses moral standards for conducting clinical research in developing countries. Disagreement over the guidelines governing the availability of products developed during a study; Factors that could contribute to the exploitation ...
Year: 2004

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Authors: Sharpe, Virginia A.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: The article talks about a new nuclear power plant in Maryland. The author agreed with Governor Martin O'Malley that current energy policy presents a huge moral challenge. The combustion of fossil fuels is measurably harming the worl...
Year: 2008
DOI: 10.1353/hcr.0.0040

Authors: Asch, Adrienne ; Parens, Erik
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Examines issues that prompted the discussion on prenatal testing. Discrimination against people with disabilities; Plurality of views on disabling traits and prenatal diagnosis; Changes in prenatal diagnosis....
Year: 1999

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Authors: Ouellette, Alicia
Publication Type: Journal Article
Abstract: An essay about Asian eye surgery performed on Asian children to make their eyes more like typical Western eyes is presented. According to the Web site of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Asian eye s...
Year: 2009

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Authors: Sandroff, Ronni
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: The author expresses her views on direct-to-consumer genetic tests being conducted in the U.S. in 2010. She talks about her experience of undergoing a genetic test after her daughter tested positive for factor V Leiden thrombophilia...
Year: 2010

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Authors: Quill, Timothy E.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: An essay on legalization of physician assistance in a patient's death in the U.S. is presented. It reviews areas of progress in palliative and end-of-life care in the country. It discusses a proposed law in Washington that would all...
Year: 2008
DOI: 10.1353/hcr.0.0051

Authors: Robertson, John A.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: The article presents an essay on controversial medical treatment and the right to health care. A negative right to health care allows the patient and doctor to pursue a course of treatment of their choice without interference by the...
Year: 2006
DOI: 10.1353/hcr.2006.0101

Authors: Nichols, Len M.
Publication Type: Newspaper Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: The author comments on David DeGrazia's health care reform proposal which combines a single-payer national health insurance system with managed competition. He examines DeGrazia's thesis that a single-payer system with managed compe...
Year: 2008
DOI: 10.1353/hcr.2008.0015

Authors: Opel, Douglas J. ; Wilfond, Benjamin S.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: An essay that discusses real-life examples of cosmetic surgery in cognitively impaired children is presented. It addresses whether different ethical standards should be used when considering cosmetic surgery in children with develop...
Year: 2009
DOI: 10.1353/hcr.0.0099