{"product_id":"bioethics-in-the-clinic-9780801878435","title":"Bioethics in the Clinic","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRigorous and elegant, this book will be of interest to those in medical fields, to students and scholars of philosophy, and to lay readers interested in the profound ethical dramas played out in hospitals and doctors' offices every day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis choice of subjects is refreshingly eclectic, including some of the usual subjects, but also ones less often covered in bioethics books... it is both philosophical and practical... worthy of consideration. Bulletin of Medical Ethics 2004 The writing is accessible, and this book is useful for those who seek a practical approach to some of the more difficult issues in bioethics today. Doody's Book Review Service His lucid analysis strikes at the core normative issues of modern medical practice and paves the way for genuinely useful discussions among philosophers, physicians, and others interested in the future of medicine... Not only innovative but insightful. Choice 2005 This book comes highly recommended to all health practitioners, and especially... where standard care can have major ethical implications. -- Tony O'Brien, RN, M.Phil. Metapsychology 2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Foundations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. The Case of the Empty Head: Cultures, Values, and Bioethics\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Hippocrates' Children\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. What is Medical Truth?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Clinical Practice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Getting over Informed Consent\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Listening to the Silences\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Surgeons, Patients, and Unnecessary Holes in the Head\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. When Good Doctors Do Bad Things\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Is AIDS the Postmodern Illness?\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. Healthy Bodies, the Medical Panopticon, and Alternative Medicine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: The Endings of Life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. The Endings of Life\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. Ethics in Limbo\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12. Euthanasia, the Pause, and the Last Rights\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: The Beginnings of Human Lives\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13. Ethics, Embryos, and Stem Cell Research\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14. Save the Life of My Child\u003cbr\u003eChapter 15. Joanna May Revisited: The Cloning Debate\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: Mildly Philosophical Remarks\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAppendix A. On Metaethics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAppendix B. Narrative Metaphysics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAppendix C. The Idea of a Form\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReferences\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49527619289431,"sku":"9780801878435","price":40.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801878435.jpg?v=1731868570","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/bioethics-in-the-clinic-9780801878435","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}