Introduction to Bioethics : Fourth Edition - Revised and Updated

by Shannon, Thomas A.

• ISBN13: 9780809146239
• ISBN10: 0809146231
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-09-01
• Publisher: Paulist Pr

Summary

This fourth edition of An Introduction to Bioethics provides an introductory survey of various complex bioethical issues facing contemporary society. The book's two authors are grounded in clinical experience, academic scholarship, and years of teaching experience in the field of bioethics.

Author Biography

Thomas A. Shannon is professor emeritus of religion and social ethics in the Department of Humanities and Arts at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts. For several years, he was an adjunct professor of moral theology at Weston Jesuit School of Theology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Nicholas J. Kockler is assistant professor in the Bioethics Institute of Loyola Marymount University and an ethicist in Catholic health care where he provides service in clinical bioethics.

Table of Contents

General Issues
Introduction: What Is Bioethics?	p. 3
Technology, Nature, and Responsibility	p. 13
Ethical Issues and Theories	p. 28
Common Terms Used in Bioethics	p. 39
Issues Early in Life
Abortion	p. 67
Reproductive Technologies	p. 89
Early Diagnosis of Genetic Anomalies	p. 107
Issues at the End of Life
Definitions of Death	p. 129
Forgoing and Withdrawing Treatment	p. 144
Euthanasia	p. 168
Physician-Assisted Suicide	p. 184
Issues in Biotechnology
Genetic Engineering: Nonhuman Organisms	p. 201
Genetic Engineering: Human Beings	p. 231
Cell-Based Biotechnologies	p. 250
Other Specific Problems
Organ and Tissue Transplantation	p. 273
Research on Human Subjects	p. 290
A Whole Earth Ethic	p. 302
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