An Introduction to Bioethics: Fourth Edition - Revised and Updated
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Overview
This fourth edition of An Introduction to Bioethics provides an introductory survey of various complex bioethical issues facing contemporary society. The book's two authors are grounded in clinical experience, academic scholarship, and years of teaching experience in the field of bioethics.
This balanced presentation offers multiple perspectives on a wide range of areas from the beginning of life to the end of life, including such highly debated topics as abortion, reproductive technology, stem-cell research and other biotechnologies, organ transplantation, human-subject research, euthanasia, and a whole earth ethic.
The reader of this book will become more aware of the significant debates in bioethics, more conversant with the vocabulary to enter into a thoughtful discussion on the topics, and better equipped to formulate judgments regarding today's most controversial societal issues and concerns. Extensive bibliographies and endnotes provide avenues for further study.
An Introduction to Bioethics can serve as an excellent text for undergraduate studies by providing a firm foundation to launch class discussions and research assignments, as well as a helpful guide for the reader who is just beginning the journey into the tumultuous field of bioethics.
Synopsis
This fourth edition of An Introduction to Bioethics provides an introductory survey of various complex bioethical issues facing contemporary society. The book's two authors are grounded in clinical experience, academic scholarship, and years of teaching experience in the field of bioethics.
This balanced presentation offers multiple perspectives on a wide range of areas from the beginning of life to the end of life, including such highly debated topics as abortion, reproductive technology, stem-cell research and other biotechnologies, organ transplantation, human-subject research, euthanasia, and a whole earth ethic.
The reader of this book will become more aware of the significant debates in bioethics, more conversant with the vocabulary to enter into a thoughtful discussion on the topics, and better equipped to formulate judgments regarding today's most controversial societal issues and concerns. Extensive bibliographies and endnotes provide avenues for further study.
An Introduction to Bioethics can serve as an excellent text for undergraduate studies by providing a firm foundation to launch class discussions and research assignments, as well as a helpful guide for the reader who is just beginning the journey into the tumultuous field of bioethics.