Medical Ethics Books

New and Published Books

1. The Ethics of Gender-Specific Disease

   By Mary Ann Cutter

   Series: Routledge Annals of Bioethics

   Our understanding of gender carries significant bioethical implications. An errant account of gender-specific disease can lead to overgeneralizations, undergeneralizations, and misdiagnoses. It can also lead to problems in the structure of health-care delivery, the creation of policy, and the...

   Published April 17th 2012 by Routledge
2. Arguing About Bioethics

   Edited by Stephen Holland

   Series: Arguing About Philosophy

   Arguing About Bioethics is a fresh and exciting collection of essential readings in bioethics, offering a comprehensive introduction to and overview of the field. Influential contributions from established philosophers and bioethicists, such as Peter Singer, Thomas Nagel, Judith Jarvis Thomson and...

   Published April 3rd 2012 by Routledge
3. Medical Ethics in China

   A Transcultural Interpretation

   By Jing-Bao Nie

   Series: Biomedical Law & Ethics Library

   Drawing on a wide range of primary historical and sociological sources and employing sharp philosophical analysis, this book investigates medical ethics from a Chinese-Western comparative perspective. In doing so, it offers a fascinating exploration of both cultural differences and commonalities...

   Published December 15th 2011 by Routledge
4. Genetic Testing

   Accounts of Autonomy, Responsibility and Blame

   By Michael Arribas-Ayllon, Srikant Sarangi, Angus Clarke

   Series: Genetics and Society

   Advances in molecular genetics have led to the increasing availability of genetic testing for a variety of inherited disorders. While this new knowledge presents many obvious health benefits to prospective individuals and their families it also raises complex ethical and moral dilemmas for families...

   Published October 3rd 2011 by Routledge
5. Bioethics, Public Moral Argument, and Social Responsibility

   Edited by Nancy M.P. King, Michael J Hyde

   Series: Routledge Annals of Bioethics

   Bioethics, Public Moral Argument, and Social Responsibility explores the role of democratically oriented argument in promoting public understanding and discussion of the benefits and burdens of biotechnological progress. The contributors examine moral and policy controversies surrounding biomedical...

   Published September 22nd 2011 by Routledge
6. Patient Safety, Law Policy and Practice

   Edited by John Tingle, Pippa Bark

   Patient safety is an issue which in recent years has grown to prominence in a number of countries’ political and health service agendas. The World Health Organisation has launched the World Alliance for Patient Safety. Millions of patients, according to the Alliance, endure prolonged ill-health,...

   Published March 1st 2011 by Routledge
7. Practical Autonomy and Bioethics

   By James Stacey Taylor

   Series: Routledge Annals of Bioethics

   This is the first volume in which an account of personal autonomy is developed that both captures the contours of this concept as it is used in social philosophy and bioethics, and is theoretically grounded in, and a part of, contemporary autonomy theory. James Stacey Taylor’s account is unique as...

   Published January 5th 2011 by Routledge
8. Biomedical Research and Beyond

   Expanding the Ethics of Inquiry

   By Christopher O. Tollefsen

   Series: Routledge Annals of Bioethics

   What is the relationship between scientific research and ethics? Some think that science should be free from ethical and political considerations. Biomedical Research and Beyond argues that ethical guidance is essential for all forms of inquiry, including biomedical and scientific research....

   Published November 2nd 2010 by Routledge
9. Mental Health Ethics

   The Human Context

   Edited by Phil Barker

   All human behaviour is, ultimately, a moral undertaking, in which each situation must be considered on its own merits. As a result ethical conduct is complex. Despite the proliferation of Codes of Conduct and other forms of professional guidance, there are no easy answers to most human problems....

   Published October 31st 2010 by Routledge
10. The Ethics of Abortion

    Women's Rights, Human Life, and the Question of Justice

    By Christopher Kaczor

    Series: Routledge Annals of Bioethics

    Appealing to reason rather than religious belief, this book is the most comprehensive case against the choice of abortion yet published. The Ethics of Abortion critically evaluates all the major grounds for denying fetal personhood, including the views of those who defend not only abortion but...

    Published September 7th 2010 by Routledge