Bioethics: The Basics

Bioethics: The Basics provides the reader with introduction to the foundational principles, theories and issues in the study of medical and biological ethics. Controversial but important questions facing us today are discussed including; arguments for the rights and wrongs of abortion, euthanasia and animal research; healthcare ethics including the nature of the practitioner-patient relationship; public policy ethics, '3 parents', enhancement, incidental findings and nudge approaches in health care. Concise, readable and authoritative, this is the ideal primer for anyone interested in the study of bioethics.

Author: Alastair Campbell
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 06/19/2017
Pages: 202
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.46d
ISBN: 9780415790314

About the Author

Alastair V. Campbell, FRSE, is Emeritus Director of the Centre for Biomedical Ethics, National University of Singapore, founding editor of the Journal of Medical Ethics, formerly President of the International Association of Bioethics, and an H. K. Beecher Awardee of the Hastings Center, NY.