1st Edition

Individual Liberty and Medical Control

By Heta Häyry Copyright 1998
108 Pages
by Routledge

108 Pages
by Routledge

108 Pages
by Routledge

Published in 1998, this book addresses the moral, social and political problems emerging from the practice of healing and caring, biomedical research and the provision of health care services. The primary aim of many professional bioethicists is, of late, to solve as efficiently as possible, the problems encountered by health care providers and scientists in clinical, laboratory and administrative... Read more

1. Who is to Live and Who is to Die?  2. Voluntary Euthanasia and Medical Paternalism  3. Wrongful Medical Authoritarianism  4. Health Education, the Ideal Observer and Personal Autonomy  5. Preventive Medicine and the Welfare of the Population  6. Aids, Discrimination and Legal Restrictions  7. Does Democratic Might Make Right in Health Care Policy-Making?

Biography

Heta Häyry