عنوان

New Knowledge in the Biomedical Sciences :

(Number (ISBN

9400977239

(Number (ISBN

9789400977235

Number

b536987

Title Proper

New Knowledge in the Biomedical Sciences :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

Some Moral Implications of Its Acquisition, Possession, and Use

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by William B. Bondeson, H. Tristram Engelhardt, Stuart F. Spicker, Joseph M. White.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Dordrecht

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer Netherlands

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1982

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(248 pages).

Series Title

Philosophy and medicine, 10.

Text of Note

Section I / The Physician as Moral Arbiter --;The Physician as a Moral Force in American History --;The Physician as Moral Arbiter --;Section II / The Costs of New Knowledge --;Moral Issues Relating to the Economics of New Knowledge in the Biomedical Sciences --;Only the Best is Good Enough? --;Section III / Costs, Benefits, and the Responsibilities of Medical Science --;Morality and the Social Control of Biomedical Technology --;Rights and Responsibilities in Medical Science --;Health, Justice, and Responsibility --;Section IV / Biomedical Knowledge: Libertarian vs. Socialist Models --;The Need to Know: Utilitarian and Esthetic Values of Biomedical Science --;Medical Knowledge as a Social Product: Rights, Risks, and Responsibilities --;Biomedical Knowledge: Progress and Priorities --;Section V / Biomedical Ethics and Advances in Biomedical Science --;Applying Morality to Advances in Biomedicine: Can and Should This be Done? --;Biomedicine, Health Care Policy, and the Adequacy of Ethical Theory --;Section VI / Conclusions and Reflections: Present and Future Problems --;Why New Technology is More Problematic than Old Technology --;The Uses of Biomedical Knowledge: The End of the Era of Optimism? --;The Best is Yet to Come --;Scientific Advance, Technological Development, and Society --;The Life-World and the Patient's Expectations of New Knowledge --;Epilogue --;Notes on Contributors.

Text of Note

The spectacular development of medical knowledge over the last two centuries has brought intrusive advances in the capabilities of medical technology. As a consequence of the development of new biomedical knowledge, physicians and biomedical scientists have been placed in positions of new power and responsibility.

Ethics.

Philosophy (General)

Class number

Book number

edited by William B. Bondeson, H. Tristram Engelhardt, Stuart F. Spicker, Joseph M. White.

H Tristram Engelhardt

Joseph M White

Stuart F Spicker

William B Bondeson

Electronic name

[Book]

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