Bioethics and the human goods an introduction to natural law bioethics

In this concise and accessible introductory text, Gómez-Lobo and Keown introduce a "human goods" approach to bioethics as an alternative to the dominant principle-based method in the field (best illustrated by Beauchamp and Childress, Principles of Biomedical Ethics, OUP). Following Aristo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Gómez-Lobo, Alfonso, 1940- (-)
Otros Autores: Keown, John
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press cop. 2015
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foundations
  • Bioethical thinking
  • Principles
  • The ethical divide
  • The ontological divide
  • Potentiality and genetics
  • Issues
  • Beginning of life issues
  • Stem cell research on human embryos
  • Preimplantation diagnosis
  • Abortion
  • Infanticide
  • End-of-life issues
  • Suicide
  • Physician-assisted suicide
  • Euthanasia
  • Tube-feeding patients in "pvs"
  • Issues in transplantation
  • The "dead donor rule"
  • The determination of death
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix A: the status of the human embryo
  • Personal statement of Professor Robert P. George, joined by Dr. Gómez-Lobo
  • Appendix B: the determination of death
  • Personal statement of Dr. Gómez-Lobo.