The Cambridge Textbook of Bioethics

Cambridge University Press, 1/31/2008
EAN 9780521694438, ISBN10: 0521694434

Paperback, 554 pages, 24.6 x 18.9 x 3.2 cm
Language: English

Medicine and health care generate many bioethical problems and dilemmas that are of great academic, professional and public interest. This comprehensive resource is designed as a succinct yet authoritative text and reference for clinicians, bioethicists, and advanced students seeking a better understanding of ethics problems in the clinical setting. Each chapter illustrates an ethical problem that might be encountered in everyday practice; defines the concepts at issue; examines their implications from the perspectives of ethics, law and policy; and then provides a practical resolution. There are 10 key sections presenting the most vital topics and clinically relevant areas of modern bioethics. International, interdisciplinary authorship and cross-cultural orientation ensure suitability for a worldwide audience. This book will assist all clinicians in making well-reasoned and defensible decisions by developing their awareness of ethical considerations and teaching the analytical skills to deal with them effectively.

1. Introduction
Part I. Information Problems
2. Consent
3. Capacity
4. Disclosure
5. Voluntariness
6. Truth-telling
7. Confidentiality
Part II. End of Life Care
8. Quality end of life care
9. Substitute decision-making
10. Advanced care planning
11. Euthanasia and assisted suicide
12. Conflict in the health care setting at the end of life
13. Brain death
Part III. Pregnant Women and Children
14. Ethics dilemmas in the care of pregnant women
rethinking 'maternal-fetal conflicts'
15. Pre-natal testing and newborn screening
16. Assisted reproduction
17. Respectful involvement of children in medical decision-making
18. Non-therapeutic paediatric interventions
19. Child abuse and neglect
Part IV. Genetics and Biotechnology
20. Organ transplantation
21. Regenerative medicine
22. Genetic testing and screening
23. Bio-banking
24. Behavioural genetics
Part V. Research Ethics
25. Research Ethics
26. Innovation in medical care
Examples from surgery
27. Clinical trials
28. Epidemiological research
29. Clinical research and the physician-patient relationship
the dual roles of physician and researcher
30. Financial conflict of interest in medical research
31. Embryo and fetal research
Part VI. Health Systems and Institutions
32. Organizational ethics
33. Priority setting
34. Disclosure of medical error
35. Conflict of interest in education and patient care
36. Public health ethics
37. Emergency and disaster scenarios
38. Rural health care ethics
39. Community health care ethics
Part VII. Using Clinical Ethics to Make an Impact in Health Care
40. Clinical ethics and systems thinking
41. Innovative strategies to improve effectiveness in clinical Ethics
42. Teaching bioethics to medical students and postgraduate trainees in the clinical setting
Part VIII. Global Health Ethics
43. Global health ethics and cross-cultural considerations in bioethics
44. Physician participation in torture
45. Access to medicines and the role of corporate social responsibility
the need to craft a global pharmaceutical system with integrity
46. Global health and non-ideal justice
Part IX. Religious and Cultural Perspectives in Bioethics
47. Aboriginal bioethics
48. Buddhist bioethics
49. Chinese Bioethics
50. Hindu and Sikh bioethics
51. Islamic boethics
52. Jehovah's Witness bioethics
53. Jewish bioethics
54. Protestant bioethics
55. Roman Catholic bioethics
Part X. Speciality Bioethics
56. Surgical ethics
57. Anaesthesiology ethics
58. Critical and intensive care ethics
59. Emergency and trauma medicine ethics
60. Primary care ethics
61. Infectious diseases ethics
62. Psychiatric ethics
63. Neuroethics
64. Pharmacy ethics
65. Alternative and complementary care ethics.

'This is a comprehensive and carefully designed textbook that will attract many users in the health professions. The chapters, written by a group of distinguished authors, are presented in a format that is well suited to interactive educational use.' Bulletin of the World Health Organization

'This is a very comprehensive text and very well organised. …the subject is treated from a systematic standpoint, concisely and precisely addressing ethics, law and policy and a practical resolution to the case studies is presented at the beginning of the 65 topics dealt with in separate chapters. … This is a significant achievement and for a rigourous approach to a subject for practitioners and a concise overview of a topic for teachers, this is innovative and successful.' Nursing Ethics

'The Cambridge Textbook of Bioethics achieves something significant - it provides an original and valuable addition to an already crowded marketplace. The list of contributors reads like a Who's Who of bioethics. Many well-respected authors are included and the quality of writing reflects the esteem in which the contributors are held. … The Cambridge Textbook of Bioethics is a textbook of the highest standard, with erudite, thoughtful and thought-provoking contributions on 60 topics. … At the end, the reader is left reflecting not only on health care but on what it means to be altruistic, professional, ill, honest, vulnerable, political, dependent and simply human. This is a rare achievement for any book and is why this text is uniquely deserving of a place on even the most crowded bookshelves.' American Medical Association

'Overall The Cambridge Textbook of Bioethics is an invaluable tool for the clinician, student, professor, administrator and patient interested in improving the quality of healthcare in any clinical setting.' Critical Care Medicine

'The Cambridge Textbook has a clear focus on providing practical guidance … all contributions are easily accessible, given their predefined and clear structure, concise and well referenced. Certainly, these features will make the Cambridge Textbook a greatly appreciated reference for health professionals in all disciplines.' Arthur Caplan

'Very few textbooks survive as long as the Osler textbook of medicine, which lasted for more than 3 generations and 25 editions. Nevertheless, I anticipate that The Cambridge Textbook of Bioethics will be the first of a series of editions and will be used and enjoyed by clinicians and bioethics students for many years to come.' Canadian Medical Association Journal

'… this book fulfils all the requirements for a good practical ethics book and I suggest that all medical schools should have a copy of this book in their libraries.' Indian Journal of Medical Research