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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
M J Charlesworth |
| ISBN: | 0521445035 9780521445030 0521449529 9780521449526 |
| OCLC Number: | 27431082 |
| Description: | 172 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | Autonomy and the liberal ideal -- Idea of autonomy -- Liberal society -- Critics of the liberal ideal -- Ending life -- Ethics of suicide -- Moral right to die? -- Decriminalising suicide -- Multicultural attitudes to death and dying -- Choosing for those who cannot choose for themselves -- Quality of life -- Liberal society and the right to die -- Death and the hospital -- Beginning life -- New ways of birth and family formation -- Bearing a child for another -- Questions about surrogacy -- Consequences of surrogacy -- Feminist views on reproductive technology -- Third wave feminist views -- Social and legal implications -- Distributing health-care resources -- Problem of scarce resources -- Utilitarian approaches -- Health system in a liberal society -- Patient and physician -- Health-care resource allocations: four examples -- Reaching community consensus -- Two forms of community consultation -- Limits to planning -- Consensus in a liberal society -- Liberal idea and bioethical realities -- Ethical agreement in a multicultural society. |
| Responsibility: | Max Charlesworth. |
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