McGee Bioethics for Beginners

60 Cases and Cautions from the Moral Frontier of Healthcare
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-25463-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 192 Seiten, E-Book

How far is too far? 60 cases illustrating modern bioethicaldilemmas
Bioethics for Beginners maps the giant dilemmas posed bynew technologies and medical choices, using 60 cases taken from ourheadlines, and from the worlds of medicine and science. Thiseminently readable book takes it one case at a time, shedding lighton the social, economic and legal side of 21st century medicinewhile giving the reader an informed basis on which to answerpersonal, practical questions. Unlocking the debate behind theheadlines, this book combines clear thinking with the very latestin science and medicine, enabling readers to decide for themselvesexactly what the scientific future should hold.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McGee, Glenn

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Glenn McGee is President of the Division of Research Ethics at Celltex Therapeutics, a stem cell research company in Houston, Texas. He held two successive endowed chairs in bioethics after serving for a decade as professor at the University of Pennsylvania Department of Medical Ethics. He is the founding editor of The American Journal of Bioethics and a leading authority on ethical issues in science and medicine. McGee has been a columnist for The Scientist, New York Times News Service, and MSNBC, and a frequent guest and commentator for National Public Radio, CNN, Fox, CBS, the New York Times, Washington Post, and Oprah, among others. McGee's books include The Perfect Baby (2nd edn., 2000), The Human Cloning Debate (with A. Caplan, 4th edn., 2004), and the best-selling Beyond Genetics: The User's Guide to DNA (2004). In addition, he has authored hundreds of scholarly papers about ethical, legal, and social issues in medicine.