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| Part I The History of Bioethics |
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| A History of Bioethics as Discipline and Discourse |
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| The Emergence of Bioethics as Discipline and Discourse |
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| Bioethics as a Discipline |
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| The New Biology: What Price Relieving Man's Estate? |
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| How Medicine Saved the Life of Ethics |
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| Who Shall Live When Not All Can Live? |
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| Philosophical Reflections on Experimenting with Human Subjects |
| | 44 | (9) |
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| The Heart Transplant: Ethical Dilemmas |
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| To Save or Let Die: The Dilemma of Modern Medicine |
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| Active and Passive Euthanasia |
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| In the Matter of Karen Quinlan |
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| Cultural Assumptions in the History of Bioethics |
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| Medical Morality is Not Bioethics: Medical Ethics in China and the United States |
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| Part II The Methods of Ethical Analysis |
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| Methods of Ethical Reasoning: Philosophical, Clinical, and Cultural Dimensions |
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| The Challenge of Ethical Relativism |
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| A Defense of Ethical Relativism |
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| The Challenge of Ethical Relativism |
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| The Methods of Philosophy, Casuistry, and Narrative |
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| Philosophical Theories and Principles |
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| Equality and its Implications |
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| Principles of Biomedical Ethics (Selection) |
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| A Critique of Principlism |
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| Feminism and Moral Theory |
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| The Four Topics: Case Analysis in Clinical Ethics |
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| Casuistry and Clinical Ethics |
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| Getting Down to Cases: The Revival of Casuistry in Bioethics |
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| Feminist and Medical Ethics: Two Different Approaches to Contextual Ethics |
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| Doctors' Stories (Selection) |
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| | 202 | (4) |
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| Nice Story, But So What? Narrative and Justification in Ethics |
| | 206 | (20) |
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| The Challenge of Using Methods in Clinical Settings |
| | 226 | (53) |
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| Hospital Ethics Committees: Is There A Role? |
| | 226 | (6) |
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| The Inner Workings of an Ethics Committee: Latest Battle over Jehovah's Witnesses |
| | 232 | (4) |
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| Behind Closed Doors: Promises and Pitfalls of Ethics Committees |
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| Ethics Consultation: Skills, Roles, and Training |
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| Facilitating Medical Ethics Case Review: What Ethics Committees Can Learn from Mediation and Facilitation Techniques |
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| Ethics Consultation in U.S. Hospitals: A National Survey |
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| Cultural Assumptions in Bioethical Methods |
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| Yes, There Are African-American Perspectives in Bioethics |
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| Gender, Race, and Class in the Delivery of Health Care |
| | 283 | (10) |
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| New Malaise: Bioethics and Human Rights in the Global Era |
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| Part III The Practice of Bioethics |
| | 307 | (205) |
| Introduction to the Practice of Bioethics |
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| Ethical Topics at the Beginning of Life |
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| Roe v. Wade: Majority Opinion and Dissent |
| | 323 | (8) |
| | 331 | (10) |
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| | 341 | (9) |
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| Reproductive Technologies |
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| | 350 | (8) |
| The Presumptive Primacy of Procreative Liberty |
| | 358 | (11) |
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| Feminist Ethics and In Vitro Fertilization |
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| Genetics and Reproduction |
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| Genetics and Reproductive Risk: Can Having Children Be Immoral? |
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| Reproductive Freedom and the Prevention of Harm |
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| Ethical Topics at the End of Life |
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| Withholding and Withdrawing Medical Treatment |
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| The Terri Schiavo Case: Legal, Ethical, and Medical Perspectives |
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| Medical Futility: Its Meaning and Ethical Implications |
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| Nutrition and Hydration: Moral and Pastoral Reflections |
| | 417 | (10) |
| Advance Care Planning and Surrogate Decision Making |
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| Integrating Preferences for Life-Sustaining Treatments and Health States Ratings into Meaningful Advance Care Discussions |
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| Enough: The Failure of the Living Will |
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| Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide |
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| Eighth Annual Report on Oregon's Death With Dignity Act |
| | 457 | (15) |
| Attitudes Toward Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Among Physicians in Washington State |
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| Death and Dignity: A Case of Individualized Decision Making |
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| Cultural Assumptions in the Practice of Bioethics |
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| Western Bioethics on the Navajo Reservation: Benefit or Harm? |
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| Communication Through Interpreters in Healthcare: Ethical Dilemmas Arising from Differences in Class, Culture, Language, and Power |
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