University Press of America
Pages: 420
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978-0-7618-2167-0 • Paperback • January 2002 • $96.99 • (£75.00)
Bernard J. Ficarra, M.D. is President of the Catholic Academy of Science in the United States. He is the author of several medical texts, including, Abortion Analyzed (Health Education Publications, 1989).
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Brief History of Bioethics
Chapter 3 Energetic Bioethics
Chapter 4 Dignity of Human Nature Preserved
Chapter 5 Truth Telling in Medicine
Chapter 6 Communication Science's Ethical Responsibility
Chapter 7 Firmness versus Weakness in Bioethics
Chapter 8 The Song of Death
Chapter 9 Bioethics in Practice
Chapter 10 Life and Death Ethical Decisions
Chapter 11 Malevolence in Bioscience
Chapter 12 Respect for Human Life
Chapter 13 Feminist Approaches to Bioethics
Chapter 14 Fetology
Chapter 15 Fetal Tissue Research
Chapter 16 Ethical Challenges in Genetics
Chapter 17 Embryo Stem Cell Research
Chapter 18 Cloning
Chapter 19 Experiments on Human Beings
Chapter 20 Managed Medicine
Chapter 21 Misconduct in Research
Chapter 22 Junk Science
Chapter 23 Fraudulent Publications
Chapter 24 Laboratory Approach to Humanity
Chapter 25 Incomplete Research Before Human Use
Chapter 26 Reuse of Disposable Medical Equipment
Chapter 27 Endorsement and Prescribing Drugs
Chapter 28 Refusal to Treat
Chapter 29 Respect for Patient's Autonomy
Chapter 30 Advocagenic and Iatrogenic Illnesses
Chapter 31 Spoliation of Medical Evidence
Chapter 32 Medical Commercialism
Chapter 33 Bioethics and Legal Medicine
Chapter 34 Physicians as Witnesses
Chapter 35 Compliance with Government Medical Guidelines
Chapter 36 Physicians Union
Chapter 37 Science and Religion
Chapter 38 Bioethics and Moral Theology
Chapter 39 Medical History United with Bioethics
Chapter 40 Envoi
Chapter 41 Bibliography