E-Book, Englisch, 322 Seiten
Cohen Medicine and Moral Philosophy
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ISBN: 978-1-4008-5356-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
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A Philosophy and Public Affairs Reader
E-Book, Englisch, 322 Seiten
Reihe: Philosophy and Public Affairs Readers
ISBN: 978-1-4008-5356-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
Responding to the increased public interest in the moral aspects of medical practice, this collection of essays focuses on questions of justice and injustice in the delivery and distribution of medical care and on problems concerning the rights of patients in their relationship to doctors, medical institutions, and government.
Originally published in 1982.
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FrontMatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. v
On the Distinction between Disease and Illness, pg. 3
Human Being: The Boundaries of the Concept, pg. 23
Brain Death and Personal Identity, pg. 49
Health-Care Needs and Distributive Justice, pg. 81
Medical Progress and National Health Care, pg. 115
Gifts and Exchanges, pg. 139
Altruism and Commerce: A Defense of Titmuss against Arrow, pg. 159
The Recombinant DNA Debate, pg. 168
An Alternative Policy for Obtaining Cadaver Organs for Transplantation, pg. 187
Paternalistic Behavior, pg. 201
Medical Paternalism, pg. 214
The Contractual Argument for Withholding Medical Information, pg. 235
Voluntary Euthanasia and the Inalienable Right to Life, pg. 245
Euthanasia, pg. 276
