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Bioethics and armed conflict : moral dilemmas of medicine and war
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Bioethics and armed conflict : moral dilemmas of medicine and war

Author: Michael L Gross
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2006.
Series: Basic bioethics
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Michael L Gross
ISBN: 0262072696 0262572265 9780262572262 9780262072694
OCLC Number: 62290628
Description: xv, 384 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Series foreword -- Preface -- 1. Setting the stage -- The role of medicine in armed conflict -- Military ethics and humanitarian law -- Contemporary biomedical ethics -- Moral dilemmas of medicine and war -- 2. The ethics of medicine and the ethics of war -- Life, dignity, and utility -- The right to life -- Autonomy and dignity -- Dignity : an absolute moral right? -- Utility : limiting harm and achieving good -- Bioethics, war, and necessity -- 3. Medical care for the wounded -- Evacuating and treating the wounded -- Why treat the wounded? -- Medical care and military necessity -- Medical care and morale -- Medical care and political obligation -- The limits of military medical care -- 4. Patient rights for soldiers -- Informed consent during armed conflict -- Confidentiality -- Battlefield euthanasia and the right to die -- Patient rights in war and peace -- 5. Wartime triage -- The moral dilemmas of triage -- Triage, medical need, and military utility -- Distributing medical knowledge to the enemy -- Alternatives to triage -- Tragedy and triage : a second look -- 6. Medical neutrality -- Medical neutrality and armed conflict -- Medical neutrality and unconventional conflict -- Medical immunity in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict -- Medical impartiality in the Vietnam war -- The challenge of medical neutrality -- 7. Torture, ill-treatment, and interrogation -- The dilemma of torture -- Torture, ill-treatment, and terror -- Justifying torture and ill-treatment -- Torture and the role of physicians -- The shame of torture -- 8. Chemical and biological warfare -- Historical overview -- The inhumanity of chemical and biological weapons -- Bioethics and unconventional deterrence -- Nonlethal chemical and biological weapons -- Weapons development and the medical community -- 9. Bioethics and the end of armed conflict -- Pacifism, peace, medicine, and war -- Vocational pacifism -- Physician-assisted draft evasion -- Medicine and pacifism : the quest for world peace -- The lure of pacifism and peace -- 10. The moral dilemmas of medicine and war -- The transformation of ethics during war -- The transformation of medical ethics during war -- Armed conflict and professional obligation -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Series Title: Basic bioethics
Responsibility: Michael L. Gross.

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