Re-creating medicine : ethical issues at the frontiers of medicine
Looks at issues on the frontiers of medicine including gene therapy to produce 'brave new babies,' human eggs and embryos for sale, and experiments on human embryos. This work argues that the conservatism of the medical establishment, the bioethics community, and the public has created shibboleths that impede improvements in our quality of life.
X, 207 p. ; 22 cm.
9780847696918, 084769691X
1405128654
Chapter 1: Re-creating Medicine by Re-Creating Medical Ethics Chapter 2: Re-creating the Doctor-Patient Relationship: The Ethics of Cybermedicine Chapter 3: Re-creating Organ Donation: The Case for Reimbursement Chapter 4: Re-creating Motherhood: Buying Reproductive Help Chapter 5: Re-creating Children: Choosing Traits Chapter 6: Re-creating Our Genes: Cloning Humans Chapter 7: Re-creating Nature: Patenting Human Genes? Chapter 8: Re-creating Ourselves: No Limits Chapter 9: Re-creating Bioethics Chapter 10: Conclusions and Reflections