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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jonathan Baron |
| ISBN: | 0262025965 9780262025966 |
| OCLC Number: | 61731541 |
| Description: | xii, 236 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. Introduction -- 1.1. What this book tries to do -- 2. Bioethics vs. utilitarianism -- 2.1. History : Nuremberg and Tuskegee -- 2.2. Principles of bioethics -- 2.3. Bioethical principles vs. utilitarianism -- 2.4. Rules and flowcharts -- 2.5. Conclusion -- 3. Utilitarianism and decision analysis -- 3.1. Utilitarianism -- 3.2. Intuitive judgments -- 3.3. Multiattribute utility theory (MAUT) -- 3.4. Attributes and values -- 3.5. Conclusion -- 4. Going against nature -- 4.1. Enhancements : genes, drugs, and mind control -- 4.2. Deficits and drugs -- 4.3. Reproduction -- 4.4. Extending life -- 4.5. Conclusion -- 5. Death and the value of life -- 5.1. The value of life and health : QALYs -- 5.2. Advance directives -- 5.3. Euthanasia and assisted suicide -- 5.4. Organ donation and the definition of death -- 5.5. Conclusion -- 6. Coercion and consent -- 6.1. The value of choice -- 6.2. The flat maximum -- 6.3. Coercion -- 6.4. Research on people who cannot consent -- 6.5. Why consent? -- 6.6. Altruism, hope, and consent -- 6.7. Competence to consent -- 6.8. Responsibility and the law -- 6.9. Conclusion -- 7. Conflict of interest -- 7.1. Ethics -- 7.2. Reforming the IRB -- 7.3. Privacy -- 7.4. Conclusion -- 8. Drug research -- 8.1. Recruiting subjects for drug trials -- 8 2. Placebo controls -- 8.3. New drug approval -- 8.4. Conclusion -- 9. Allocation -- 9.1. Allocation heuristics and biases -- 9.2. Allocation in practice -- 9.3. What to do about biases -- 9.4. Conclusion -- 10. The bigger picture -- 10.1. The politics of improving world health -- 10.2. Environment, animals, and future people -- 10.3. Waste -- 10.4. Conclusion. |
| Series Title: | Basic bioethics |
| Responsibility: | Jonathan Baron. |
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