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"A Splendid work, covering the entire field of bioethics in a very readable way." Hyakudai Sakamoto, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, Nihon University, Tokyo and President, Asian Bioethics Association
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"A Splendid work, covering the entire field of bioethics in a very readable way."
—Hyakudai Sakamoto, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, Nihon University, Tokyo and President, Asian Bioethics Association
—Hyakudai Sakamoto, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, Nihon University, Tokyo and President, Asian Bioethics Association
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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Expensive, but well worth the price!!,
By Dr. Edward R. Schlegel (Burke, VA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Companion to Bioethics (Blackwell Companions to Philosophy) (Paperback)
As source material for the bioethics student, this anthology is a joy to read and refer back to. After a laconic introduction by Helga Kuhse, the book begins to situate bioethics as a discipline with articles contrasting it to law, ethics, and religion. The diverse approaches are next examined, each by an expert (Arras on the case approach, Childress on the prnciple approach, etc). Especially informative and provocative are the articles on personhood by Michael Tooley and brain death by Jeff McMahan. A sanity check is provided for bioethics teachers who wonder if they are approaching the discipline correctly in the critical review on how bioethics is taught by Catherine Myser. The book is a gold mine by experts who dispassionately present their topics cogently and clearly.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent compendium of bioethical issues,
By Justin Tsai (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Companion to Bioethics (Blackwell Companions to Philosophy) (Hardcover)
This anthology, like all other Blackwell philosophy anthologies, is a keeper. This text is comprehensive, and presents multiple viewpoints on each issue, unlike many texts, which present primarily one viewpoint.
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bioethics,
This review is from: A Companion to Bioethics (Blackwell Companions to Philosophy) (Paperback)
decent read for class. almost too much material, but efficient in explaining details of bioethics
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- Principles of Biomedical Ethics (Principles of Biomedical Ethics (Beauchamp)) by Tom L. Beauchamp on 6 pages
- Encyclopedia of Bioethics by Warren T. Reich on 6 pages
- Medical Ethics (Jones and Bartlett Series in Philosophy) by Robert M. Veatch on 5 pages
- A Theory of Medical Ethics by Robert M. Veatch on page 63, page 67, and page 71
- The Patient as Person: Exploration in Medical Ethics. by Paul Ramsey on page 48, page 71, and page 249
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- The Prenatal Person: Ethics from Conception to Birth by Norman M. Ford on 13 pages
- Magical Progeny, Modern Technology: A Hindu Bioethics of Assisted Reproductive Technology by Swasti Bhattacharyya on 7 pages
- Bioethics: A Philosophical Introduction (Philosophy Today) by Stephen Holland on 6 pages
- The Cambridge Medical Ethics Workbook: Case Studies, Commentaries and Activities by Michael Parker on page 295, page 311, and Back Matter
- Principles of Biomedical Ethics (Principles of Biomedical Ethics (Beauchamp)) by Tom L. Beauchamp on page 377, page 382, and page 410
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