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Ethics

  • Regulating Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosisby Sheila A.M. McLean; Sarah Elliston

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 135.00

    The successful achievement of pregnancies following pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) was first reported in April 1990. The technology is often used for patients who are at substantial risk of conceiving a pregnancy affected by a known genetic disorder, however from this technology other more controversial uses have arisen such as HLA typing... more...

  • The Human Radiation Experimentsby Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments

    Oxford University Press, USA 1996; US$ 58.99

    This book describes in fascinating detail the variety of experiments sponsored by the U.S. government in which human subjects were exposed to radiation, often without their knowledge or consent. Based on a review of hundreds of thousands of heretofore unavailable or classified documents, this Report tells a gripping story of the intricate relationship... more...

  • Dependence and Autonomy in Old Ageby George Agich

    Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 75.00

    In this influential book, George Agich abandons comfortable abstractions to reveal the concrete threats to personal autonomy in long-term care. His book therefore offers a framework for carers to develop an ethic of long-term care within the complex environment in which many dependent and aged people find themselves. more...

  • Oceano fertilitaby Girolamo Agnello

    Springer 2005; US$ 15.99

    Cosa si prova a non poter avere un figlio? Quanto h difficile comunicare alla coppia una diagnosi di sterilit? Come affrontare il 70% dei fallimenti delle tecniche di PMA? Come una legge puo' incidere sul futuro di un embrione? Il testo, nato dalla fusione multidisciplinare medica, psicologica e sociologica, vuole riflettere su queste domande e... more...

  • The Politics of Emerging Strategic Technologiesby Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan

    Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 90.00

    Examines key trends in emerging strategic technologies and the implications for geopolitics and human dignity. Al-Rodhan argues that future evolution into transhumans is inevitable. In preparation, the global community is urged to establish strict moral and legal guidelines balancing innovation with the guarantee of dignity for all. more...

  • Bioethics, Medicine and the Criminal Lawby Amel Alghrani; Rebecca Bennett; Suzanne Ost

    Cambridge University Press 2012; US$ 88.00

    This volume considers the ethical legitimacy of invoking the criminal law to regulate medical and scientific practice and bioethical issues. more...

  • Ethics Primer of the American Psychiatric Associationby American Psychiatric Association

    American Psychiatric Publishing 2008; US$ 47.95

    This book presents today's ethical dilemmas regarding boundary violations; children, adolescents, and families; geriatric populations; involuntary hospitalization; managed care; confidentiality; gifts; duty to report colleagues who engage in fraud or deception; emergency care; forensic psychiatry; and consultations and second opinions. more...

  • Public Health, Ethics, and Equityby Sudhir Anand; Fabienne Peter; Amartya Sen

    Oxford University Press, UK 2006; US$ 49.95

    In the last fifty years, average overall health status has increased worldwide, but it is increasingly clear that this achievement has not been equally distributed. Inequities in health have denied many people equality of opportunity. This book builds an interdisciplinary understanding of health equity with contributions from distinguished philosophers,... more...

  • In Defense of an Evolutionary Concept of Healthby Mahesh Ananth

    Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2008; US$ 124.95

    One of the most controversial contemporary debates on the concept of health is the clash between the views of naturalists and normativists. This debate has fueled many of the, often very acrimonious, disputations arising from the claims of health, disease and disability activists and charities and the public policy responses to them. In responding... more...

  • Quality of Mercyby Ross Anderson

    Allen & Unwin 2004; US$ 20.90

    Diagnosed with terminal cancer, Irene Anderson was determined to die with dignity. 1071 days later, her husband Ross fulfilled her wish, helping her to end her life with total disregard for the criminal implications. more...