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The Cambridge textbook of bioethics. Singer, Peter A.; Viens, A. M. (ed.). New York - NY: Cambridge University Press - 2008. 538p. ISBN 978-0-521-69443-8. QH332 C178c  2008

CONTENTS

List of contributors, page ix

Acknowledgements, xvi

1 Introduction – 1

A. M. Viens and Peter A. Singer

SECTION I - INFORMATION PROBLEMS

Introduction – 9

Anne Slowther

2. Consent – 11

John R. Williams

3. Capacity – 17

Julie Chalmers

4. Disclosure – 24

Lori d'Agincourt-Canning and Carolyn Johnston

5. Voluntariness – 31

Mary Jane Dykeman and Kate Dewhirst

6. Truth telling – 36

Philip C. Hébert, Barry Hoffmaster, and Kathleen C. Glass

7. Confidentiality – 43

Anne Slowther and Irwin Kleinman

SECTION II - END OF LIFE CARE

Introduction – 51

James A. Tulsky

8. Quality end of life care – 53

Peter A. Singer, Neil MacDonald, and James A. Tulsky

9. Substitute decision making – 58

Robert A. Pearlman

10. Advance care planning – 65

James A. Tulsky, Linda L. Emanuel, Douglas K. Martin and Peter A. Singer

11. Euthanasia and assisted suicide – 72

Bernard M. Dickens, Joseph M. Boyle Jr., and Linda Ganzini

12. Conflict in the healthcare setting at the end of life – 78

Susan Dorr Goold, Brent C. Williams, and Robert Arnold

13. Brain death – 85

Sam D. Shemie, Neil Lazar, and Bernard M. Dickens

SECTION III - PREGNANT WOMEN AND CHILDREN

Introduction – 95

John Lantos

14. Ethical dilemmas in the care of pregnant women: rethinking "maternal-fetal conflicts" - 97

Françoise Baylis, Sanda Rodgers, and David Young

15. Prenatal testing and newborn screening - 104

Lainie Friedman Ross

16. Assisted reproduction - 112

Roxanne Mykitiuk, and Jeff Nisker

17. Respectful involvement of children in medical decision making - 121

Nuala Kenny, Jocelyn Downie, and Christine Harrison

18. Non-therapeutic pediatric interventions - 127

David Benatar

19. Child abuse and neglect - 132

Benjamin H. Levi

SECTION IV - GENETICS AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Introduction - 143

Abdallah S. Daar

20. Organ transplantation - 145

Linda Wright, Kelley Ross, and Abdallah S. Daar

21. Regenerative medicine - 153

Heather L. Greenwood, and Abdallah S. Daar

22. Genetic testing and screening - 160

Ruth Chadwick

23. Bio-banking - 166

Bartha Maria Knoppers and Madelaine Saginur

24. Behavioral genetics - 174

Jason Scott Robert

SECTION V RESEARCH ETHICS

Introduction - 185

Richard E. Ashcroft

25. Research ethics - 187

Eric M. Meslin and Bernard M. Dickens

26. Innovation in medical care: examples from surgery - 194

Randi Zlotnik Shaul, Jacob C. Langer, and Martin F. McKneally

27. Clinical trials - 201

Richard E. Ashcroft and A. M. Viens

28. Epidemiological research - 207

Richard E. Ashcroft

29. Clinical research and the physician-patient ralationship: the dual roles of physician and researcher - 214

Nancy M. P. King and Larry R. Churchill

30. Financial conflict of interest in medical research - 222

Trudo Lemmens and Lori Luther

31. Embryo and fetal research - 231

Ronald M. Green

SECTION VI - HEALTH SYSTEMS AND INSTITUTIONS

Introduction - 241

Ross Upshur

32. Organizational ethics - 243

Jennifer L. Gibson, Robert Sibbald, Eoin Connolly, and Peter A. Singer

33. Priority setting - 251

Douglas K. Martin, Jennifer L. Gibson, and Peter A. Singer

34. Disclosure of medical error - 257

Philip C. Hébert, Alex V. Levin, and Gerald Robertson

35. Conflict of interest in education and patient care - 266

Ann Sommerville

36. Public health ethics - 274

Halley S. Faust and Ross Upshur

37. Emergency and disaster scenarios - 281

Harvey Kayman, Howard Radest, and Sally Webb

38. Rural healthcare ethics - 289

William A. Nelson and Jared M. Schmidek

39. Community healthcare ethics - 299

Kyle W. Anstey and Frank Wagner

SECTION VII - USING CLINICAL ETHICS TO MAKE AN IMPACT IN HEALTHCARE

Introduction - 309

Susan K. MacRae

40. Clinical ethics and systems thinking - 313

Susan K. MacRae, Ellen Fox, and Anne Slowther

41. Innovative strategies to improve effectiveness in clinical ethics - 322

Jennifer L. Gibson, M. Dianne Godkin, C. Shawn Tracy, and Susan K. MacRae

42. Teaching bioethics to medical students and postgraduate trainees in the clinical setting - 329

Martin F. McKneally and Peter A. Singer

SECTION VIII - GLOBAL HEALTH ETHICS

Introduction - 339

Solomon R. Benatar

43. Global health ethics and cross-cultural considerations in bioethics - 341

Solomon R. Benatar

44. Physician participation in torture - 350

Jerome Amir Singh

45. Access to medicines and the role of corporate social responsibility: the need to craft a global pharmaceutical system with integrity - 359

Jillian Clare Cohen-Kohler and Patricia Illingworth

46. Global health and non-ideal justice - 369

Gopal Sreenivasan

SECTION IX - RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES IN BIOETHICS

Introduction - 379

Joseph M. Boyle, Jr. and David Novak

47. Aboriginal bioethics - 383

Jonathan H. Ellerby

48. Buddhist bioethics - 391

Damien Keown

49. Chinese bioethics - 397

Kerry W. Bowman and Edwin C. Hui

50. Hindu and Sikh bioethics - 403

Harold Coward and Tejinder Sidhu

51. Islamic bioethics - 408

Abdallah S. Daar, Tarif Bakdash, and Ahmed B. Khitamy

52. Jehovah's Witness bioethics - 416

Osamu Muramoto

53. Jewish bioethics - 424

Gary Goldsand, Zahava, R. S. Rosenberg-Yunger, and Michael Gordon

54. Protestant bioethics - 430

Merril Pauls, and Roger C. Hutchinson

55. Roman Catholic bioethics - 436

Hazel J. Markwell, and Barry F. Brown

SECTION X - SPECIALTY BIOETHICS

Introduction - 445

A. M. Viens

56. Surgical ethics - 447

James Andrews and Larry Zaroff

57. Anesthesiology ethics - 454

Gail A. Van Norman

58. Critical and intensive care ethics - 462

Phillip D. Levin and Charles L. Sprung

59. Emergency and trauma medicine ethics - 469

Arthur B. Sanders

60. Primary care ethics - 475

Margaret Moon, Mark Hughes, and Jeremy Sugarman

61. Infectious diseases ethics - 481

Jay A. Jacobson

62. Psychiatric ethics - 487

Sidney Bloch and Stephen A. Green

63. Neuroethics - 495

Eric Racine and Judy Illes

64. Pharmacy ethics - 505

Margaret L. Eaton

65. Alternative and complementary care ethics - 513

Michael H. Cohen

INDEX - 521