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The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Bioethics

Edited by Ezio Di Nucci; Ji-Young Lee and Isaac A. Wagner

This bioethics handbook offers concise, up-to-date, and easy to read chapters on a broad range of bioethical topics in the following categories: foundational concepts, theory and method, healthcare ethics, research ethics, public health, technology, and the environment.

The volume provides a snapshot of current bioethics, taking into account current affairs and emerging new topics. Each chapter acknowledges and critically breaks down the historical developments of the subject and the most authoritative existing literature on respective topics, providing accessible and up-to-date philosophical analysis. As such, the chapters are designed to be attractive as primary or supplementary teaching material for university classes of the philosophical or bioethical variety, with clear demarcations and indicators for key terms, ideas, and arguments that should also facilitate productive note-taking and points for critical discussion for students. The handbook also serves as a one-stop starting resource for multi- and interdisciplinary researchers and practitioners who engage with bioethics in their work.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 424 • Trim: 8½ x 10
978-1-5381-6236-1 • Hardback • January 2023 • $140.00 • (£108.00)
978-1-5381-6237-8 • eBook • October 2022 • $133.00 • (£102.00)
Series: The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook Series
Subjects: Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Health & Fitness / Health Care Issues, Social Science / Medical Sociology, Social Science / Disease & Health Issues

Ezio Di Nucci is professor of bioethics and director of the Centre for Medical Science and Technology Studies at the University of Copenhagen.

Ji-Young Lee is postdoctoral researcher in bioethics in the Department of Public Health at the University of Copenhagen. She works on the Velux-funded Future of Family Relationships project, which explores the future of family structures and ties in light of advances in reproductive technologies.

Isaac A Wagner is teaching associate professor of bioethics in the Department of Public Health at the University of Copenhagen.

Introduction: Bioethics for the 22nd Century – Isaac A Wagner, Ji-Young Lee & Ezio Di Nucci

Part 1 – Concepts and Principles

Section I: Foundations & Methods in Bioethics

1. Moral Status – Ezio Di Nucci

2. Health, Disease and Wellbeing – S Engelsen, S Harnow Klausen & R Christiansen

3. Bioethical Principles – Nana Cecilie Halmsted Kongsholm

4. Neurodiversity – Kenneth Shields

Section II: Decision-making in Healthcare

5. Substituted Decision-making – Anna-Karin Margareta Andersson

6. Autonomy and Responsibility – Lisa Dive

7. Paternalism – Jason Hanna

8. Conscientious Objection in Health Care – Udo Schuklenk

Section III: Discrimination in Bioethics

9. Epistemic Injustice in Healthcare – Ji-Young Lee

10. Bias in Medicine – Mayli Mertens

11. Race and Gender in Research – Christopher ChoGlueck & Elisabeth A Lloyd

Section IV: The Politics of Healthcare

12. Priority Setting in Health Care – Eric Roark

13. Health Care Rights – Richard Lauer

14. Vulnerability – Costanza Porro

15. Nudging in Public Health – Paul Hamilton

Part 2 – Applications and Trends

Section V: Medical Case Studies

16. Organ Markets – Andreas Albertsen

17. Physician-Assisted Death – Iain Brassington

18. Interpretation and Medical Technologies – Jan Kyrre Berg Olsen Friis

19. Disability – Melinda C Hall

Section VI: Epidemics and Pandemics

20. Responsible Pain Medicine – TN Rieder, D Manoharan & VV Altiery De Jesus

21. Pandemic Ethics – Anne Lykkeskov

22. Vaccination Ethics – Stephen John

Section VII: Reproduction

23. The Ethics of Parenthood – Teresa Baron

24. Reproductive Technologies for Queer and Trans People – Doris Leibetseder

25. Population Governance – Karin Kuhlemann

26. The Ethics of Circumcision – Brian Earp

Section VIII: Biotechnology and Society

27. Data Ethics – Aaro Tupasela

28. AI in Medical Practice – Karin Jongsma & Martin Sand

29. Performance Enhancing Drugs – Thomas Søbirk Petersen

30. Medical Instagram in Russia – Yulia Karpova & Pavel Vasilyev

Section IX: Beyond Bioethics?

31. Neuroethics – Mary Jean Walker

32. Nursing Ethics – Ann Gallagher

33. Climate Change – Trevor Hedberg

34. The Ethics of Animal Experimentation – Adam Shriver

The first formal use of the term bioethics to distinguish the ethical relationships between humans and other living organisms is attributed to Fritz Jahr in 1927. Rapid growth in biomedical discoveries and medical treatments since then greatly increased the complexity and scope of bioethics. This book edited by Di Nucci, Lee, and Wagner thoroughly examines past and contemporary bioethics assumptions and applications. Each chapter is authored by an unbiased expert on a particular set of viewpoints and situations. Much of the ethics coverage focuses on medical ethics, health care, and human subject research, but the book concludes with chapters on bioethics in the context of environmental sciences and animal experimentation. Chapters include ample citations. Highly recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals. Students in two-year technical programs.


— Choice Reviews


11/10/22, Choice Reviews: This book was highlighted in a roundup of forthcoming reference titles.

Link: https://www.choice360.org/choice-pick/forthcoming-titles-in-reference-2022/



9/28/23, This title was featured in the “The Top 75 Community College Titles: September 2023 Edition”

Link: https://www.choice360.org/choice-pick/the-top-75-community-college-titles-september-2023-edition/



The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Bioethics

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Hardback
eBook
Summary
Summary
  • This bioethics handbook offers concise, up-to-date, and easy to read chapters on a broad range of bioethical topics in the following categories: foundational concepts, theory and method, healthcare ethics, research ethics, public health, technology, and the environment.

    The volume provides a snapshot of current bioethics, taking into account current affairs and emerging new topics. Each chapter acknowledges and critically breaks down the historical developments of the subject and the most authoritative existing literature on respective topics, providing accessible and up-to-date philosophical analysis. As such, the chapters are designed to be attractive as primary or supplementary teaching material for university classes of the philosophical or bioethical variety, with clear demarcations and indicators for key terms, ideas, and arguments that should also facilitate productive note-taking and points for critical discussion for students. The handbook also serves as a one-stop starting resource for multi- and interdisciplinary researchers and practitioners who engage with bioethics in their work.

Details
Details
  • Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
    Pages: 424 • Trim: 8½ x 10
    978-1-5381-6236-1 • Hardback • January 2023 • $140.00 • (£108.00)
    978-1-5381-6237-8 • eBook • October 2022 • $133.00 • (£102.00)
    Series: The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook Series
    Subjects: Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Health & Fitness / Health Care Issues, Social Science / Medical Sociology, Social Science / Disease & Health Issues
Author
Author
  • Ezio Di Nucci is professor of bioethics and director of the Centre for Medical Science and Technology Studies at the University of Copenhagen.

    Ji-Young Lee is postdoctoral researcher in bioethics in the Department of Public Health at the University of Copenhagen. She works on the Velux-funded Future of Family Relationships project, which explores the future of family structures and ties in light of advances in reproductive technologies.

    Isaac A Wagner is teaching associate professor of bioethics in the Department of Public Health at the University of Copenhagen.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Introduction: Bioethics for the 22nd Century – Isaac A Wagner, Ji-Young Lee & Ezio Di Nucci

    Part 1 – Concepts and Principles

    Section I: Foundations & Methods in Bioethics

    1. Moral Status – Ezio Di Nucci

    2. Health, Disease and Wellbeing – S Engelsen, S Harnow Klausen & R Christiansen

    3. Bioethical Principles – Nana Cecilie Halmsted Kongsholm

    4. Neurodiversity – Kenneth Shields

    Section II: Decision-making in Healthcare

    5. Substituted Decision-making – Anna-Karin Margareta Andersson

    6. Autonomy and Responsibility – Lisa Dive

    7. Paternalism – Jason Hanna

    8. Conscientious Objection in Health Care – Udo Schuklenk

    Section III: Discrimination in Bioethics

    9. Epistemic Injustice in Healthcare – Ji-Young Lee

    10. Bias in Medicine – Mayli Mertens

    11. Race and Gender in Research – Christopher ChoGlueck & Elisabeth A Lloyd

    Section IV: The Politics of Healthcare

    12. Priority Setting in Health Care – Eric Roark

    13. Health Care Rights – Richard Lauer

    14. Vulnerability – Costanza Porro

    15. Nudging in Public Health – Paul Hamilton

    Part 2 – Applications and Trends

    Section V: Medical Case Studies

    16. Organ Markets – Andreas Albertsen

    17. Physician-Assisted Death – Iain Brassington

    18. Interpretation and Medical Technologies – Jan Kyrre Berg Olsen Friis

    19. Disability – Melinda C Hall

    Section VI: Epidemics and Pandemics

    20. Responsible Pain Medicine – TN Rieder, D Manoharan & VV Altiery De Jesus

    21. Pandemic Ethics – Anne Lykkeskov

    22. Vaccination Ethics – Stephen John

    Section VII: Reproduction

    23. The Ethics of Parenthood – Teresa Baron

    24. Reproductive Technologies for Queer and Trans People – Doris Leibetseder

    25. Population Governance – Karin Kuhlemann

    26. The Ethics of Circumcision – Brian Earp

    Section VIII: Biotechnology and Society

    27. Data Ethics – Aaro Tupasela

    28. AI in Medical Practice – Karin Jongsma & Martin Sand

    29. Performance Enhancing Drugs – Thomas Søbirk Petersen

    30. Medical Instagram in Russia – Yulia Karpova & Pavel Vasilyev

    Section IX: Beyond Bioethics?

    31. Neuroethics – Mary Jean Walker

    32. Nursing Ethics – Ann Gallagher

    33. Climate Change – Trevor Hedberg

    34. The Ethics of Animal Experimentation – Adam Shriver

Reviews
Reviews
  • The first formal use of the term bioethics to distinguish the ethical relationships between humans and other living organisms is attributed to Fritz Jahr in 1927. Rapid growth in biomedical discoveries and medical treatments since then greatly increased the complexity and scope of bioethics. This book edited by Di Nucci, Lee, and Wagner thoroughly examines past and contemporary bioethics assumptions and applications. Each chapter is authored by an unbiased expert on a particular set of viewpoints and situations. Much of the ethics coverage focuses on medical ethics, health care, and human subject research, but the book concludes with chapters on bioethics in the context of environmental sciences and animal experimentation. Chapters include ample citations. Highly recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals. Students in two-year technical programs.


    — Choice Reviews


Features
Features
  • 11/10/22, Choice Reviews: This book was highlighted in a roundup of forthcoming reference titles.

    Link: https://www.choice360.org/choice-pick/forthcoming-titles-in-reference-2022/



    9/28/23, This title was featured in the “The Top 75 Community College Titles: September 2023 Edition”

    Link: https://www.choice360.org/choice-pick/the-top-75-community-college-titles-september-2023-edition/



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