The Cambridge Textbook of Bioethics

A comprehensive reference providing an approach to problems of biomedical ethics in the clinical setting.

Peter A. Singer (Edited by), A. M. Viens (Edited by)

9780521694438, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 31 January 2008

553 pages, 8 b/w illus.
24.5 x 18.8 x 2.5 cm, 1.198 kg

'The Cambridge Textbook of Bioethics is a comprehensive, helpful resource for understanding the breadth of ethical issues that emerge in medical settings. … an excellent resource for getting the basic idea of varying issues … serves as an important resource for engagement with this increasingly complex field.' thegospelcoalition.org

Medicine and health care generate many bioethical problems and dilemmas that are of great academic, professional and public interest. This comprehensive resource is designed as a succinct yet authoritative text and reference for clinicians, bioethicists, and advanced students seeking a better understanding of ethics problems in the clinical setting. Each chapter illustrates an ethical problem that might be encountered in everyday practice; defines the concepts at issue; examines their implications from the perspectives of ethics, law and policy; and then provides a practical resolution. There are 10 key sections presenting the most vital topics and clinically relevant areas of modern bioethics. International, interdisciplinary authorship and cross-cultural orientation ensure suitability for a worldwide audience. This book will assist all clinicians in making well-reasoned and defensible decisions by developing their awareness of ethical considerations and teaching the analytical skills to deal with them effectively.

1. Introduction
Part I. Information Problems: 2. Consent
3. Capacity
4. Disclosure
5. Voluntariness
6. Truth-telling
7. Confidentiality
Part II. End of Life Care: 8. Quality end of life care
9. Substitute decision-making
10. Advanced care planning
11. Euthanasia and assisted suicide
12. Conflict in the health care setting at the end of life
13. Brain death
Part III. Pregnant Women and Children: 14. Ethics dilemmas in the care of pregnant women: rethinking 'maternal-fetal conflicts'
15. Pre-natal testing and newborn screening
16. Assisted reproduction
17. Respectful involvement of children in medical decision-making
18. Non-therapeutic paediatric interventions
19. Child abuse and neglect
Part IV. Genetics and Biotechnology: 20. Organ transplantation
21. Regenerative medicine
22. Genetic testing and screening
23. Bio-banking
24. Behavioural genetics
Part V. Research Ethics: 25. Research Ethics
26. Innovation in medical care: Examples from surgery
27. Clinical trials
28. Epidemiological research
29. Clinical research and the physician-patient relationship: the dual roles of physician and researcher
30. Financial conflict of interest in medical research
31. Embryo and fetal research
Part VI. Health Systems and Institutions : 32. Organizational ethics
33. Priority setting
34. Disclosure of medical error
35. Conflict of interest in education and patient care
36. Public health ethics
37. Emergency and disaster scenarios
38. Rural health care ethics
39. Community health care ethics
Part VII. Using Clinical Ethics to Make an Impact in Health Care: 40. Clinical ethics and systems thinking
41. Innovative strategies to improve effectiveness in clinical Ethics
42. Teaching bioethics to medical students and postgraduate trainees in the clinical setting
Part VIII. Global Health Ethics: 43. Global health ethics and cross-cultural considerations in bioethics
44. Physician participation in torture
45. Access to medicines and the role of corporate social responsibility: the need to craft a global pharmaceutical system with integrity
46. Global health and non-ideal justice
Part IX. Religious and Cultural Perspectives in Bioethics: 47. Aboriginal bioethics
48. Buddhist bioethics
49. Chinese Bioethics
50. Hindu and Sikh bioethics
51. Islamic boethics
52. Jehovah's Witness bioethics
53. Jewish bioethics
54. Protestant bioethics
55. Roman Catholic bioethics
Part X. Speciality Bioethics: 56. Surgical ethics
57. Anaesthesiology ethics
58. Critical and intensive care ethics
59. Emergency and trauma medicine ethics
60. Primary care ethics
61. Infectious diseases ethics
62. Psychiatric ethics
63. Neuroethics
64. Pharmacy ethics
65. Alternative and complementary care ethics.

Subject Areas: Forensic medicine [MMQ], Medicolegal issues [MBQ], Medical ethics & professional conduct [MBDC]