Am I my brother's keeper? : the ethical frontiers of biomedicine / Arthur L. Caplan.
| Author/creator | Caplan, Arthur L. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1997. |
| Description | xiii, 241 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Medical ethics series Medical ethics series. ^A148140 |
| Contents | Pt. 1. Research, experimentation, and innovation: And baby makes--moral muddles -- The intrusion of evil, the use of data from unethical medical experiments -- Have a heart? The ethical lessons of the development of the total artificial heart -- "What a long, strange trip it's been," the debate over the use of fetal tissue for transplantation research -- Pt. 2. Starting and stopping medical treatment for the very young and very old: Hard cases make bad law, the legacy of the Baby Doe controversy -- Analogies to the Holocaust and contemporary bioethical disputes about assisted suicide and euthanasia --Will Dr. Kevorkian kill hospice? -- Odds and ends -- No sale: markets, organs, and tissues -- Is the use of animal organs for transplants immoral? -- Am I my brother's keeper? Ethics and the use of living donors -- Pt. 4. Health policy: Dead as a doornail -- sinners, saints, and access to health care -- The ethics of gatekeepers -- Pt. 5. What is your doctor trying to do to you? Who says you're sick? -- Curing what ails the medical model -- If gene therapyis the cure, what's the disease? -- What's wrong with eugenics? -- Do not copy without permission. |
| Local note | Little-306201--305131011471R |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-235) and index. |
| LCCN | 97019268 |
| ISBN | 025333358X (cloth : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | R724 .C337 1997 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |