Title Bioethics in a liberal society / Max Charlesworth

Published Cambridge, U.K. ; Oakleigh, Vic. : Cambridge University Press, 1993 Cambridge ; Oakleigh, Vic. : Cambridge University Press, 1993

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Description 172 pages ; 22 cm Contents Autonomy and the liberal ideal -- Idea of autonomy -- Liberal society -- Critics of the liberal ideal -- Ending life -- Ethics of suicide -- Moral right to die? -- Decriminalising suicide -- Multicultural attitudes to death and dying -- Choosing for those who cannot choose for themselves -- Quality of life -- Liberal society and the right to die -- Death and the hospital -- Beginning life -- New ways of birth and family formation -- Bearing a child for another -- Questions about surrogacy -- Consequences of surrogacy -- Feminist views on reproductive technology -- Third wave feminist views -- Social and legal implications -- Distributing health-care resources -- Problem of scarce resources -- Utilitarian approaches -- Health system in a liberal society -- Patient and physician -- Health-care resource allocations: four examples -- Reaching community consensus -- Two forms of community consultation -- Limits to planning -- Consensus in a liberal society -- Liberal idea and bioethical realities -- Ethical agreement in a multicultural society Summary This book is an original discussion of contemporary issues in bioethics Analysis Medicine Ethics Notes Includes bibliographies and index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Bioethics. Biotechnology -- Moral and ethical aspects. Medical ethics. Bioethics. Ethics, Medical. Bioethics. Ethics, Medical. LC no. 93018160 ISBN 0521445035 0521449529 9780521449526

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