| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 124 pages.) |
| Contents |
Foundations -- Bioethical thinking -- Principles -- The ethical divide -- The ontological divide -- Potentiality and genetics -- Issues -- Beginning of life issues -- Stem cell research on human embryos -- Preimplantation diagnosis -- Abortion -- Infanticide -- End-of-life issues -- Suicide -- Physician-assisted suicide -- Euthanasia -- Tube-feeding patients in "pvs" -- Issues in transplantation -- The "dead donor rule" -- The determination of death -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: the status of the human embryo -- Personal statement of Professor Robert P. George, joined by Dr. Gómez-Lobo -- Appendix B: the determination of death -- Personal statement of Dr. Gómez-Lobo |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-120) and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Bioethics.
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Natural law.
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Bioethics.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Keown, John, author
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Project Muse.
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| ISBN |
9781626161641 (electronic bk.) |
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162616164X (electronic bk.) |
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