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A Companion to Bioethics (Blackwell Companions to Philosophy) [Paperback]

Helga Kuhse (Editor), Peter Singer (Editor)

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Publication Date: September 12, 2001 | ISBN-10: 063123019X | ISBN-13: 978-0631230199

This volume contains all that the beginning reader or student needs to soundly grasp the ideas and issues involved in the field.

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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

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Paperback: 528 pages
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell (September 12, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 063123019X
ISBN-13: 978-0631230199
Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.8 x 1.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds

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5.0 out of 5 stars Expensive, but well worth the price!!, September 9, 2002

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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.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent compendium of bioethical issues, May 20, 2000

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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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decent read for class. almost too much material, but efficient in explaining details of bioethics

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Since the 1960s ethical problems in health care and the biomedical sciences have gripped the public consciousness in unprecedented ways. Read the first page

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New York, Oxford University Press, United States, Journal of Medical Ethics, Cambridge University Press, Hastings Center Report, Harvard University Press, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Journal of the American Medical Association, Clarendon Press, University of California Press, John Wiley, Latin America, Notre Dame, New Haven, Yale University Press, Englewood Cliffs, Northern Territory, Roman Catholic, World Health Organization, Academic Medicine, Princeton University Press, Department of Health, Indiana University Press

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Medical Ethics (Jones and Bartlett Series in Philosophy) by Robert M. Veatch on 6 pages
Principles of Health Care Ethics by Raanan Gillon on 5 pages
The Patient as Person: Exploration in Medical Ethics. by Paul Ramsey on page 48, page 71, and page 249
Taking Rights Seriously by Ronald Dworkin on page 57, and page 85
Moral Dilemmas in Modern Medicine (Studies in Bioethics) by Michael Lockwood on page 260, and page 439

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