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Thursday, 10 February 2011

The Ethics of Bioethics Reviews

The Ethics of Bioethics



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The Ethics of Bioethics: Mapping the Moral Landscape



Stem cell research.The Ethics of Bioethics review. Drug company influence. Abortion. Contraception. Long-term and end-of-life careRead full reviews of Biomedical Research and Beyond: Expanding the Ethics of Inquiry (Routledge Annals of Bioethics).

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The Ethics of Bioethics: Mapping the Moral Landscape - Felicia G. Cohn, Lisa A. Eckenwiler

Biomedical Research and Beyond: Expanding the Ethics of Inquiry (Routledge Annals of Bioethics)
Biomedical Research and Beyond: Expanding the Ethics of Inquiry (Routledge Annals of Bioethics) by Christopher Tollefsen

The Ethics of Bioethics: Mapping the Moral Landscape
Categories: Bioethics, Politics, Bioethics. Contributors: Lisa A. Eckenwiler - Editor. Format: NOOK Book

The Ethics of Bioethics : Mapping the Moral Landscape
Author: Eckenwiler, Lisa A. ISBN-10: 0801886120

The Ethics of Bioethics: Mapping the Moral Landscape
Review Without question,The Ethics of Bioethics is a must-read for all persons involved with bioethics. This well-written, well-organized paperback seeks to analyze the many facets of ethics in the field of bioethics. (JAMA 2008) The editors have compiled a cogent collection that signifies an important contribution to bioethics that is reflective of the complexity and importance of the field. (Mark Dietrich Tschaepe Metapsychology 2008) Anyone who takes bioethics seriously will find much to applaud. (William E. Stempsey Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 2008) The strength of the volume is not



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Drug company influence. Abortion. Contraception. Long-term and end-of-life care. Human participants research. Informed consent. The list of ethical issues in science, medicine, and public health is long and continually growing. These complex issues pose a daunting task for professionals in the expanding field of bioethics. But what of the practice of bioethics itself? What issues do ethicists and bioethicists confront in their efforts to facilitate sound moral reasoning and judgment in a variety of venues? Are those immersed in the field capable of making the right decisions? How and why do they face moral challenge—and even compromise—as ethicists? What values should guide them? In The Ethics of Bioethics, Lisa A. Eckenwiler and Felicia G. Cohn tackle these questions head on, bringing together notable medical ethicists and people outside the discipline to discuss common criticisms, the field’s inherent tensions, and efforts to assign values and assess success. Through twenty-five lively essays examining the field’s history and trends, shortcomings and strengths, and the political and policy interplay within the bioethical realm, this comprehensive book begins a much-needed critical and constructive discussion of the moral landscape of bioethics.



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Saturday, 1 January 2011

Bioethics in the Age of New Media

Bioethics in the Age of New Media



Author: Joanna Zylinska
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Publisher: The MIT Press
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Bioethics in the Age of New Media



Bioethical dilemmas--including those over genetic screening, compulsory vaccination, and abortion--have been the subject of ongoing debates in the media, among the public, and in professional and academic communities.Bioethics in the Age of New Media review. But the paramount bioethical issue in an age of digital technology and new media, Joanna Zylinska argues, is the transformation of the very notion of life. In this provocative book, Zylinska examines many of the ethical challenges that technology poses to the allegedly sacrosanct idea of the human. In doing so, she goes beyond the traditional understanding of bioethics as a matter for moral philosophy and medicine to propose a new "ethics of life" rooted in the relationship between the human and the nonhuman (both animals and machines) that new technology prompts us to develop. After a detailed discussion of the classical theoretical perspectives on bioethics, Zylinska describes three cases of "bioethics in action," through which the concepts of "the human," "animal," and "life" are being redefined: the reconfiguration of bodily identity by plastic surgery in a TV makeover show; the reduction of the body to two-dimensional genetic code; and the use of biological material in such examples of "bioart" as Eduardo Kac's infamous fluorescent green bunnyRead full reviews of Bioethics in the Age of New Media, 9780262240567.

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Categories: Technology, Bioethical issues, Mass media. Contributors: Joanna Zylinska - Author. Format: Hardcover

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Bioethics in the Age of New Media, ISBN-13: 9780262240567, ISBN-10: 0262240564

Bioethics in the Age of New Media
"Bioethical dilemmas--including those over genetic screening, compulsory vaccination,and abortion--have been the subject of ongoing debates in the media, among the public, and inprofessional and academic communities. But the paramount bioethical issue in an age of digitaltechnology and new media, Joanna Zylinska argues, is the transformation of the very notion of life.In this provocative book, Zylinska examines many of the ethical challenges that technology poses tothe allegedly sacrosanct idea of the human. In doing so, she goes beyond the traditionalunderstanding of bioethics as a matter for

Bioethics in the Age of New Media
"Bioethical dilemmas--including those over genetic screening, compulsory vaccination,and abortion--have been the subject of ongoing debates in the media, among the public, and inprofessional and academic communities. But the paramount bioethical issue in an age of digitaltechnology and new media, Joanna Zylinska argues, is the transformation of the very notion of life.In this provocative book, Zylinska examines many of the ethical challenges that technology poses tothe allegedly sacrosanct idea of the human. In doing so, she goes beyond the traditionalunderstanding of bioethics as a matter for

Bioethics in the Age of New Media
"Bioethical dilemmas--including those over genetic screening, compulsory vaccination,and abortion--have been the subject of ongoing debates in the media, among the public, and inprofessional and academic communities. But the paramount bioethical issue in an age of digitaltechnology and new media, Joanna Zylinska argues, is the transformation of the very notion of life.In this provocative book, Zylinska examines many of the ethical challenges that technology poses tothe allegedly sacrosanct idea of the human. In doing so, she goes beyond the traditionalunderstanding of bioethics as a matter for



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But the paramount bioethical issue in an age of digital technology and new media, Joanna Zylinska argues, is the transformation of the very notion of life. In this provocative book, Zylinska examines many of the ethical challenges that technology poses to the allegedly sacrosanct idea of the human. In doing so, she goes beyond the traditional understanding of bioethics as a matter for moral philosophy and medicine to propose a new "ethics of life" rooted in the relationship between the human and the nonhuman (both animals and machines) that new technology prompts us to develop. After a detailed discussion of the classical theoretical perspectives on bioethics, Zylinska describes three cases of "bioethics in action," through which the concepts of "the human," "animal," and "life" are being redefined: the reconfiguration of bodily identity by plastic surgery in a TV makeover show; the reduction of the body to two-dimensional genetic code; and the use of biological material in such examples of "bioart" as Eduardo Kac's infamous fluorescent green bunny. Zylinska addresses ethics from the interdisciplinary perspective of media and cultural studies, drawing on the writings of thinkers from Agamben and Foucault to Haraway and Hayles. Taking theoretical inspiration in particular from the philosophy of alterity as developed by Jacques Derrida, Emmanuel Levinas, and Bernard Stiegler, Zylinska makes the case for a new nonsystemic, nonhierarchical bioethics that encompasses the kinship of humans, animals, and machines.



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Sunday, 16 May 2010

Global Bioethics

Global Bioethics



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Global Bioethics: Issues of Conscience for the Twenty-First Century (Issues in Biomedical Ethics)



Medical care and biomedical research are rapidly becoming global.Global Bioethics review. Read full reviews of Global Bioethics: Issues of Conscience for the Twenty-First Century (Issues in Biomedical Ethics).

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About the Author Van Rensselaer Potter II (August 27, 1911 òÀÓ September 6, 2001) was an American biochemist. He was Professor of Oncology at the McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research at the University of Wisconsin- Madison for more than 50 years.

Global Bioethics: Issues of Conscience for the Twenty-First Century (Issues in Biomedical Ethics)
About the Author Ronald M. Green is Cohen Professor for the Study of Ethics and Human Values at Dartmouth Ethics Institute; Aine Donovan is Executive Director, Dartmouth Ethics Institute; Steven A. Jauss is Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock.

Global Bioethics: Issues of Conscience for the Twenty-First Century
Categories: Bioethics, Globalization->General & Miscellaneous, World health. Contributors: Ronald M. Green - Author. Format: Hardcover

Human Dignity, Human Rights, and Responsibility: The New Language of Global Bioethics and Biolaw (Hardcover)
"Human dignity" has been enshrined in international agreements and nationalconstitutions as a fundamental human right. The World Medical Association calls on physicians torespect human dignity and to discharge their duties with dignity. And yet human dignity is aterm--like love, hope, and justice--that is intuitively grasped but never clearly defined. Someethicists and bioethicists dismiss it; other thinkers point to its use in the service of particularideologies. In this book, Michael Barilan offers an urgently needed, nonideological, and thoroughconceptual clarification of human dignity and

Bringing Life To Ethics: Global Bioethics For A Humane Society By Michael W.
Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author Bringing Life to Ethics: Global Bioethics for a Humane Society by Michael W. Fox Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Author Biography Dr. Michael W. Fox, well-known veterinarian and former vice president of the Humane Society of the United States, reaches millions of readers through the nationally syndicated newspaper column Animal Doctor with United Features, and is the author of more than 40 books on animal rela



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Ethical questions that once arose only in the narrow context of the physician-patient relationship in relatively prosperous societies are now being raised across societies, cultures, and continents. For example, what should be the "standard of care" for clinical trials of medical innovations in poorer countries? Are researchers obligated to compare new therapies or drugs with the best known ones available, or can they use as a benchmark the actual treatments (or lack of treatments) available to poor people? Should pharmaceutical companies seeking to lower the costs of new drug trials be allowed to enroll citizens of less developed countries in them even when those individuals cannot afford and will not be eligible for the resulting drugs? More generally, should the norms of medicine and research be the same across cultures or can they adapt to local social, economic, or religious conditions? Global Bioethics gathers some of the world's leading bioethicists to explore many of the new questions raised by the globalization of medical care and biomedical research. Among the topics covered are the impact of globalization on the norms of medical ethics, the conduct of international research, the ethics of international collaborations, challenges to medical professionalism in the international setting, and the relation of religion to global bioethics.

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Tuesday, 20 October 2009

The Penn Center Guide to Bioethics Reviews

The Penn Center Guide to Bioethics



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Named an Outstanding Academic Title for 2009 byChoice!

"[A] set of almost 70 essays, all well informed and many with attitude.The Penn Center Guide to Bioethics review.

Harold Shapiro, PhD
Professor Emeritus and Professor of Economics and Public Affairs
Princeton University, Former Chair, National Bioethics Advisory Board

"This most noteworthy and authoritative collection of 67 essays...represents 'the Penn way of doing bioethics' Read full reviews of The Penn Center Guide to Bioethics (Hardcover).

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format hardback language english publication year 15 12 2009 subject mathematics sciences subject 2 life sciences general title the penn center guide to bioethics author caplan arthur l editor fiester autumn editor ravitsky vardit editor publisher springer pub co publication date apr 20 2009 pages 700 binding hardcover edition 1 st dimensions 7 20 wx 10 10 hx 2 00 d isbn 0826115225 subject medical ethics description the center for bioethics at the university of pennsylvania is the internationa

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Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author The Penn Center Guide to Bioethics Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Ethics has been applied to medical practice since at least the days of Hippocrates. But only in the past 30-40 years has the interdisciplinary field of bioethics been formally established. Arthur L. Caplan has established himself as one of the most important figures in the field of bioethics. He is the director of the University of Pennsylvania

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The Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania is the internationally recognized leader in bioethical education and research. Its interdisciplinary faculty is drawn from the fields of medicine, law, nursing, education, philosophy, psychology, and religious studies. Arthur L. Caplan, the Center's founding director, is recognized as one of the most influential experts in bioethics. He has authored numerous books and articles, and served as the Chair of the Advisory Committee to the United Nations on human cloning. The Penn Center's leading fellows, Autumn Fiester and Vardit Ravitsky,



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Harold Shapiro, PhD
Professor Emeritus and Professor of Economics and Public Affairs
Princeton University, Former Chair, National Bioethics Advisory Board

"This most noteworthy and authoritative collection of 67 essays...represents 'the Penn way of doing bioethics' ....The Penn Center is widely known for multidisciplinary scholarship that emphasizes empirical inquiry on bioethical issues coupled with practical application(s)....The book provides excellent coverage of...both classical topics (e.g., informed consent, infertility, eugenics) and emerging issues (e.g., cloning, nonprofessional caregiving, privacy of thought in the age of brain imaging). The contributors, including the three editors, are either well-established or emerging scholars. Each essay offers historical background, an overview of relevant issues, a conclusion, and a list of references....Summing Up: Highly recommended."--Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries

"This well-written book addresses a wide-ranging assortment of traditional bioethics issues that persist in the field as well as contemporary bioethics concerns that have evolved with new technologies and medical advances. This is a great resource for scholars in bioethics as well as various other relevant disciplines concerned with bioethical issues." Score: 96, 4 stars--Doody's Medical Reviews

The Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania is the internationally recognized leader in bioethical education and research. Its interdisciplinary faculty is drawn from the fields of medicine, law, nursing, education, philosophy, psychology, and religious studies. Arthur L. Caplan, the Center's founding director, is recognized as one of the most influential experts in bioethics. He has authored numerous books and articles, and served as the Chair of the Advisory Committee to the United Nations on human cloning.

The Penn Center's leading fellows, Autumn Fiester and Vardit Ravitsky, have combined their expertise with Dr. Caplan and over 80 other contributors to create The Penn Center Guide to Bioethics--the foremost authority on both traditional and cutting-edge bioethical issues. The Penn Guide navigates uncharted ethical terrains, undoubtedly shaping both academic and public discourses on the challenging controversies generated by new technologies, theories, and medical advances.

This volume represents the Penn Center's distinct, pioneering approach to bioethics, one that emphasizes empirical treatment of bioethical issues, and the integration of bioethical scholarship with practical application.

Learn what the Penn Center has to say about:

  • Neuroethics and brain imaging: Is my mind mine?
  • Choosing future people: reproductive technologies and identity
  • Eugenics and survival of the fittest in the modern world
  • Bioethics and national security
  • Vaccination, abortion, nanotechnology, organ transplantation, end-of-life issues, and more

The Penn Guide will be the definitive text for policy makers, health practitioners, researchers, and students. This book will also inform the general public, patients, and family members as they seek answers to the bioethical issues of the day.

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