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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Vallero, Daniel A. Biomedical ethics for engineers. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, ©2007 (DLC) 2007004579 (OCoLC)81944488 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Daniel A Vallero |
ISBN: | 9780080476100 0080476104 |
OCLC Number: | 162131480 |
Description: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 408 pages) : illustrations |
Contents: | Preface -- Prologue: -- Chapter 1: Bioethics: A Creative Approach -- Chapter 2: Bioethics and the Engineer -- Chapter 3: An Engineered Future: Human Enhancement -- Chapter 4: The Bioethical Engineer -- Chapter 5: Bioethical Research and Technological Development -- Chapter 6: Safety, Risk and Reliability as Measures of Bioethics -- Chapter 7: Bioethical Success and Failure -- Chapter 8: Justice and Fairness as Engineering Concepts -- Chapter 9: Sustainable Bioethics -- Chapter 10: Engineering Wisdom -- Epilogue: Practical Bioethics -- Bioethics Resources for the Engineer -- Suggested Readings -- Useful Websites -- Appendix 1: National Society of Professional Engineers -- Code of Ethics for Engineers -- Appendix 2: Biomedical Engineering Society Code of Ethics. |
Series Title: | Biomedical engineering series (Amsterdam, Netherlands) |
Responsibility: | Daniel A. Vallero. |
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Abstract:
Aims to provide professional engineers, scientists and researchers as well as engineering students with a comprehensive primer on Biomedical Ethics. This work is a working tool for biomedical engineers in the age of technology. It includes numerous case studies to illustrate the direct application of ethical techniques and standards.
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'this is a well-structured text for engineering ethics, written in a style that takes into account the way in which engineering students think and learn'Anji Wall, St. Louis University Center for Health Care Ethics, in DOODY'S BOOK REVIEWS Read more...
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