Bioethics / edited by John Harris. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001. - vi, 557 p. ; 21 cm. - Oxford readings in philosophy .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [534]-547) and index.

A defence of abortion / Judith Jarvis Thomson -- Killing and letting die / Helga Kuhse & Peter Singer -- Abortion: identity and loss / Warren Quinn -- Terminating life-sustaining treatment of the demented / Daniel Callahan -- Which way down the slippery slope? Nazi medical killing and euthanasia today / Ruth Macklin -- Advance directives and the personal identity problem / Allen Buchanan -- What is sacred? / Ronald Dworkin -- Taking and saving lives / Eric Rakowski -- The survival lottery / John Harris -- Health-care needs and distributive justice / Norman Daniels -- Equality or priority? / Derek Parfit -- Quality of life measures in health care and medical ethics / Dan Brock -- Future people, disability, and screening / Jonathan Glover -- Wrongful life: paradoxes in the morality of causing people to exist / Jeff McMahan -- Principlism and its alleged competitors / Tom L. Beauchamp -- Not just autonomy: the principles of American biomedical ethics / Søren Holm -- Telling the truth, confidentiality, consent, and respect for autonomy / Raanan Gillon.

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Bioethics.
Ethics, Medical.
Abortion, Induced.
Bioethics.
Quality of Life.
Right to Die.
Bio-ethiek.

QH 332 / B615 2001

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