medical ethics

Draws on primary and secondary sources to provide a comprehensive overview of the topic of bioethics and the controversies surrounding it.

A textbook for medical students that explores the law and ethics from over twenty-five years in the field.

Discusses recent ethical concerns in the biomedical field, including genetic testing and manipulation, stem cell research, and assisted reproductive technology.

Offering a panoramic view of opinions selected from a diverse range of international sources, this book examines controversial issues on the end-of-life care, the role of medical staff in prisons, the ethics of organ transplantation, and the ethics of medical research.

Authors present differing opinions on whether review boards are adequate to ensure ethical medical testing, whether medical testing on prisoners can be done ethically, and whether genetic testing necessitates new ethical considerations.

Law professor Michele Goodwin examines the organ donation process that leads to the illegal sale of human body parts as well as an organ marketplace that favors the well connected.

Presents divergent views on euthanasia laws and legislation in the United States.

Traces the history of organ transplantation in the United States, and discusses how they are performed, how doctors decide who receives a new organ, and how society has dealt with the issues raised by it.

Discusses the extermination of Jews, Gypsies, and handicapped persons by the Nazi government prior to and during World War II.