| Description |
x, 228 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Foundations. Ch. 1. Theories of Medical Ethics. Ch. 2. The Healing Ethos. Ch. 3. Health Care Ethics in Diverse Cultures. Ch. 4. The Human Body -- Pt. II. Clinical Ethics. Ch. 5. Genetic Dilemmas. Ch. 6. Issues Before Birth. Ch. 7. Birth and Beyond. Ch. 8. The Challenge of AIDS. Ch. 9. Ethical Issues in Psychiatry. Ch. 10. Aging, Dementia and Mortality. Ch. 11. Ending Human Lives -- Pt. III. Medicine and Society. Ch. 12. Research Ethics. Ch. 13. Justice and Health Care. Ch. 14. Law, Ethics and Medicine |
| Summary |
"Ethical questions doctors and other health professionals can be expected to encounter in their practice ... covers issues to do with the beginning and end of life ... the human body and the use of human tissue, confidentiality and AIDS, care of the mentally ill, and the implications of genetic technology"--Back cover |
| Analysis |
AIDS |
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Dementia |
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Euthanasia |
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Human experimentation |
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Medical ethics |
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Medical genetics |
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Medical research |
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Overseas item |
| Notes |
"... a revision and major expansion of Practical medical ethics which was first published in 1992." -- Back cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-213.) and index |
| Subject |
Medical ethics -- New Zealand.
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Medical ethics.
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Ethics, Medical.
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Ethics, Medical.
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| Author |
Campbell, Alastair V.
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Campbell, Alastair V. (Alastair Vincent), 1938-
Practical medical ethics
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| LC no. |
97163622 |
| ISBN |
0195583507 |
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