Historical and philosophical perspectives on biomedical ethics
[Book]
:from paternalism to autonomy?
/ edited by Andreas-Holger Maehle, Johanna Geyer-Kordesch
Aldershot, Hants, England ;Burlington, VT
: Ashgate,
, c2002.
x, 159 p.
: ill. ; 23 cm.
(Ashgate studies in applied ethics)
زبان: انگلیسی
Print
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: 1 'Honour and Interests': Medical Ethics and the British Medical Association -- Andrew A.G. Morrice -- 2 The Emergence of Medical Professional Ethics in Germany -- Andreas-Holger Maehle -- 3 Health Costs and the Ethics of the German Sickness Insurance System -- Lutz D.H. Sauerteig -- 4 Problems of Consent to Surgical Procedures and Autopsies in Twentieth Century Germany -- Cay-Riidiger Priill and Marianne Sinn -- 5 Human Research: From Ethos to Law, from National to International Regulations -- Ulrich Trohler -- 6 Ethical Aspects of Life-Saving and Life-Sustaining Technologies -- Bryan Jennett -- 7 Autonomous Agency and Consent in the Treatment of the Terminally Ill -- Susan L. Lowe -- 8 The 'Frankensteinian' Nature of Biotechnology -- David E. Cooper.