Chapters 2-8 open with an Introduction and include References and Further Reading, an Article List, and Discussion Questions for the Readings.Preface: Welcome to Contemporary BioethicsChapter 1. Bioethics: An Introduction to the DisciplineWhat Is Bioethics?Bioethics: Theory and MethodReligion and BioethicsBioethics Comes of Age: An Expanding Moral Framework and VocabularyReferences and Further ReadingChapter 2. Doctors and PatientsThe Profession of Medicine"I Swear by Apollo": On Taking the Hippocratic Oath," Howard Markel"Hippocratic Oath, Modern Version," Louis Lasagna"Principles of Medical Ethics," American Medical Association"Medical Professionalism in Society," Matthew K. Wynia, Stephen R. Latham, Audiey C. Kao, Jessica W. Berg, and Linda L.
EmanuelThe Obligations of Doctors to Their Patients"Fundamental Elements of the Patient-Physician Relationship," American Medical Association"Respect for Autonomy," Tom L. Beauchamp and James F. Childress"The Meaning and Justification of Informed Consent," Tom L. Beauchamp and James F. Childress"A Framework of Standards for Surrogate Decision Making," Tom L. Beauchamp and James F. Childress"Truth Telling in Medicine: The Confucian View," Ruiping Fan and Benfu Li"Patient Confidentiality," American Medical Association"A Defense of Unqualified Medical Confidentiality," Kenneth KipnisResponsibilities of Patients"Patient Responsibilities," American Medical Association"The Patient''s Work," Leonard C. Groopman, Franklin G.
Miller, and Joseph J. Fins"Limits on Patient Responsibility," Maureen KelleyDoctors and Society"Cosmetic Surgery and the Internal Morality of Medicine," Franklin G. Miller, Howard Brody, and Kevin C. Chung"When Doctors Go to War," M. Gregg Bloche and Jonathan H. MarksCasesThe White CoatCan a Killer Be a Doctor?Vaccine Skeptics Refuse to Inoculate ChildrenShould Medical Students Believe in Evolution? The Case of Professor DiniPillow AngelCollege Student Requests ModafinilChapter 3. At the End of LifeDefining Death"The Whole-Brain Concept of Death Remains Optimum Public Policy," James L. Bernat"The Conscience Clause": How Much Individual Choice in Defining Death Can Our Society Tolerate?, Robert M.
VeatchHow Much Treatment?"The Case for Mortality," Leon R. Kass"Does Professional Autonomy Protect Medical Futility Judgments?" Eric GampelRejecting Treatment"Autonomy, Wellbeing, and the Case of the Refusing Patient," J. Varelius"The Severely Demented, Minimally Functional Patient: An Ethical Analysis," John D. Arras"Extreme Prematurity and Parental Rights After Baby Doe," John A. Robertson"Has the Emphasis on Autonomy Gone Too Far?" Insights from Dostoevsky on Parental Decisionmaking in the NICU, John J. Paris, Neil Graham, Michael D. Schreiber, and Michele Goodwin"Appropriate Use of Artificial Nutrition and Hydration": Fundamental Principles and Recommendations, David Casarett, Jennifer Kapo, and Arthur Caplan"Assisted Nutrition and Hydration and the Catholic Tradition," Thomas A. Shannon and James J.
WalterHastening Death"The Devil''s Choice: Re-Thinking Law, Ethics, and Symptom Relief in Palliative Care," Roger S. Magnusson"Voluntary Euthanasia": A Utilitarian Perspective, Peter Singer"End of Life: The Buddhist View," Damien Keown"Gender, Feminism, and Death": Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia, Susan M. Wolf"A Moral Defense of Oregon''s Physician-Assisted Suicide Law," Michael B. GillCasesNot Dead Yet--Part INot Dead Yet--Part II (or There Is Cryonics in Baseball)Slow MedicineIs There Anybody in There?A Patient''s Rights Act? The Limits of Patient Autonomy in IsraelThe Texas Advance Directives ActDon''t Mess with Texas: Cancer, Custody, and KatieNot Dead Yet--Part IIIThe Groningen Protocol--Euthanasia for NewbornsA Friend in NeedChapter 4. At the Beginnings of LifeAbortion"A Defense of Abortion," Judith Jarvis Thomson"Abortion and the Beginning and End of Human Life," Don Marquis"Feminist Discourse on Sex Screening and Selective Abortion of Female Foetuses," Farhat Moazam"Could Artificial Wombs End the Abortion Debate?" Christopher Kaczor"The Limits of Conscientious Objection--May Pharmacists Refuse to Fill Prescriptions for Emergency Contraception?" Julie Cantor and Ken BaumMaternal-Fetal Relations"Distinguishing Features of Women''s Health Care," Mary B. Mahowald"A Realistic Approach to Maternal-Fetal Conflict," Deborah HornstraReproductive Technology"What Are Families For? Getting to an Ethics of Reproductive Technology," Thomas H. Murray"Whose Bodies? Which Selves?" Appeals to Embodiment in Assessments of Reproductive Technology, Paul Lauritzen"Reproductive Gifts and Gift Giving: The Altruistic Woman," Janice G. Raymond"Two Questions About Surrogacy and Exploitation," Alan WertheimerHuman Cloning"Preventing A Brave New World: Why We Should Ban Cloning Now," Leon R.
Kass"Human Reproductive Cloning": A Look at the Arguments Against It and a Rejection of Most of Them, Raanan GillonCasesMeasure for MeasureWhere the Boys AreWhat''s Plan C? Pharmacist Refusal to Distribute Plan BSafe in the Womb?McKnight v. South CarolinaAmber AlertA Person, No Matter How Small?Veto PowerSurrogacy Specialists of America (SSA)Free to Be Me (Again?)Chapter 5. Distributing and Procuring Health Care ResourcesAccess to Health Care"Justice, Health, and Healthcare," Norman Daniels"Rights to Health Care, Social Justice, and Fairness in Health Care Allocations: Frustrations in the Face of Finitude," H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr."A Conservative Case for Universal Access to Health Care," Paul Menzel and Donald W. Light"Illegal Immigrants, Health Care, and Social Responsibility," James DwyerRationing"Should Physicians Be Gatekeepers of Medical Resources?" Milton C. Weinstein"Rationing in the Intensive Care Unit," Robert D. Truog, Dan W.
Brock, Deborah J. Cook, Marion Danis, John M. Luce, Gordon Rubenfeld, and Mitchell LevyOrganizational Ethics"Justice and Managed Care": Four Principles for the Just Allocation of Health Care Resources," Ezekiel J. Emanuel"Fulfilling Institutional Responsibilities in Health Care: Organizational Ethics and the Role of Mission Discernment," John A. Gallagher and Jerry GoodsteinOrgan Transplantation"Responsibility, Alcoholism, and Liver Transplantation," Walter Glannon"Recovery of Transplantable Organs After Cardiac or Circulatory Death: Transforming the Paradigm for the Ethics of Organ Donation," Joseph L. Verheijde, Mohamed Y. Rady, and Joan McGregor"Why We Are Not Allowed to Sell That Which We Are Encouraged to Donate," Barbro Björkman"Presumed Consent, Autonomy, and Organ Donation," Michael B. Gill"An ''Opting in'' Paradigm for Kidney Transplantation," David SteinbergCasesThe Health of NationsThe "Commonhealth" of MassachusettsShould Illegal Immigrants Have Access to Health Care?Blue Cross Seeks Physician InformantsAge-Based RationingLiving the MissionEarly Harvest--Removing Organs After Cardiac DeathPresumed Consent and Organ DonationPat Summerall''s New LiverMatchmakersChapter 6.
Biomedical ResearchResearch on Human Subjects"The Nuremburg Code""The Belmont Report": Ethical Principles and Guidelines for the Protection of Human Subjects of Research, The National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research"Declaration of Helsinki": Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects, World Medical Association"Making Research a Requirement of Treatment": Why We Should Sometimes Let Doctors Pressure Patients to Participate in Research, David Orentlicher"Guinea-Pigging," Carl Elliott"Justice and the Human Development Approach to International Research," Alex John LondonStem Cell and Cloning Research"Monitoring Stem Cell Research": Introduction, President''s Council on Bioethics"Ethical Issues in Human Stem Cell Research": Vol. 3, Religious Perspectives, National Bioethics Advisory Commission"Research with Human Embryonic Stem Cells: Ethical Considerations," Geron Ethics Advisory Board: Karen Lebacqz, Michael M. Mendiola, Ted Peters, Ernlé W.D. Young, and Laurie Zoloth-DorfmanAnimals as Research Subjects (or Objects)"The Ethics of Animal Research: What Are the Prospects for Agreement?" David DeGrazia"International Guiding Principles for Biomedical Research Involving Animals (1985)," Council for International Organization of Medical Sciences"Guidelines for the Care and Use of Mammals in Neuroscience and Behavioral Research," National Research CouncilCasesMedicare Requires Heart Patients to Enlist in ResearchEmpathic MiceOrphan DiseasesIn Defense of Animals (IDA) Urges NIH to Halt Animal Nicotine ExperimentsPharmacological Research on Pregnant WomenStem Cell Research--"Dead" Embryos?Dying Patients and the Right to Try Experimental DrugsSurgeon as Animal Rights WarriorGreat Ape Protection ActChapter 7. Genetics, Biotechnology, and Posthuman PossibilitiesTechnological Manipulations and Posthuman Futures"Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness: An Introduction," President''s Council on Bioethics"The Case Against Perfection: What''s Wrong with Designer Children, Bionic Athletes, and Genetic Engineering," Michael J. Sandel"Gene Therapies and the Pursuit of a Better Human," Sara Goering"Jewish Reflections on Genetic Enhancement," Jeffrey H. Burack"Transhumanist Values," Nick BostromManipulating the Mind"Treatment, Enhancement, and the Ethics of Neurotherapeutics," Paul Root Wolpe"Memory and Happiness," President''s Council on BioethicsGenetics and Future Children"Genetic Dilemmas and the Child''s Right to an Open Future," Dena S.
Davis"Extending Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis: Medical and Non-Medical Uses," John A. RobertsonCasesDNAdirect.com: Direct-to-Consumer Marketing of Genetic TestsPlaying God in the West, but Not in the EastMyriad Genetics and the BRCA-2 GeneMo MoneyConsumer EugenicsWilliams Syndrome and PGDBetter Brains Through "Chemistry"Therapeutic ForgettingSoul Catcher 2025Be More Than You Can BeChapter 8. The Environmental Turn in BioethicsRedefining Bioethics, Redefining Health"Health is.