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Contemporary Issues in Biomedical Ethics.

1979; American College of Physicians; Volume: 91; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.7326/0003-4819-91-6-941_3

1539-3704

John W. Davis, C. Barry Hoffmaster, Sarah Shorten,

Biomedical Ethics and Regulation

I. Rights and Moral Decisions.- 1 and Medical I. General Remarks on Legalism.- II. Spell of Legalism.- III. Utility of Legalism.- IV. Language of Rights.- V. Morality and the Ethics of Rights.- VI. Another Model: Moral Relationships and Duties.- VII. Responsibilities.- VIII. A Comparison of the Two Models.- IX. Vindication of Rights.- X. Integrity, Autonomy, and Rights.- 2 Comments on Legalism and Medical Ethics.- 3 Moral Rights of the Terminally I. Killing and Letting Die.- II. Patients' Rights Regarding Medical Treatment.- III. Patients' Rights to Information About Their Condition.- IV. Some Legal Implications.- 4 Comments on The Moral Rights of the Terminally I11.- II. Issues in Genetics.- 5 On Getting Out of Genetic Disease.- I. Introduction.- II. Etymology of Genetic Disease: Some Shifts in Meaning.- III. Criteria for Applying Genetic Disease: Some Valua- tional Dimensions.- IV. Uses of Genetic Disease: Some Policy Implications.- 6 the Unconceived.- 7 Comments on Protecting the Unconceived: Butchers, Bakers, & Candlestick Makers.- 8 Privacy, and the Value of I. Introduction.- II. Importance of Procreation.- III. Procreation and the Right to Privacy.- IV. Sterilization and Possible People.- Acknowledgements.- 9 Comments on Sterilization, Privacy, and the Value of Reproduction.- 10 Reply to Buckner.- III. Role of the Physician.- 11 Lost, A Professional Ethic Regained: Reflections on the Death of the Hippocratic I. Hippocratic Tradition and the Obligation of Secrecy.- II. Science and Authority.- III. Responsibility in Medicine.- IV. Conclusion.- 12 Comments on Hippocrates Lost, A Professional Ethic Regained: Reflections on the Death of the Hippocratic Tradition.- 13 Physicians as Body Mechanics.- I. Why See a Mechanic?.- II. Why Trust a Mechanic?.- 14 Physician as Body Mechanic-Patient as Scrap Metal: What's Wrong with the Analogy.- I..- II..- 15 Internal or External Physician-Patient Relationships, A Response to Clements.- IV. Informed Consent and Paternalism.- 16 Ethical Content of Legally Informed I. Introduction.- II. Legal Dynamics of Informed III. Elements of Informed IV. Standard of Informed V. Functions of Informed VI. Effect of Informed VII. Dilemmas of Informed 17 Comments on The Ethical Content of Legally Informed Consent.- I. Perennial Paradox: The Ethical Nature of the Legal.- II. Information for Consent: Judging the Doctor's Judgement.- III. Surrogate Consent: Process and Substance.- 18 Commitment of the Mentally 111: Some Moral 19 Comments on Brock's Involuntary Commitment of the Mentally 111: Some Moral Issues.- 20 On and Health I. What is Paternalism?.- II. in Health III. Case Against Paternalism.- IV. Limits of Autonomy.- 21 Comments on Paternalism and Health Care.- I. Defining Paternalism.- II. Justifying Paternalism.- V. Professional Responsibility.- 22 Teaching Compassion: Professional Education for Humane I. Nature and Scope of Compassion.- II. Conclusion.- 23 Accountability in Health Care Practice: Ethical Implications for Nurses.- 24 Biomedical Developments and Public Responsibility of Philosophy.- I. Argument: An Overview.- II. Biomedicine, Values, and the Reconstruction of Human Nature.- III. Particular Issues as Challenges to Philosophical Reflection.- IV. Foundation of Ethics as the Public Responsibility of Philosophy.- V. An Ethics Grounded in the Nature of Things.- VI. A Critical Question.- VII. Transcendental Analysis, the a Priori of Communication and the Foundations of a Global VIII. Paradox.- IX. Opening Question.- X. Transformation of Philosophy.- XI. Transcendental Analysis and the Moral Norms Presupposed by Scientific Discourse.- XII. Two Principles as a Foundation for a Global XIII. Conclusion.