Taking issue : pluralism and casuistry in bioethics /
Baruch A. Brody.
- x, 293 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Methodology -- Pluralistic Moral Theory -- Intuitions and Objective Moral Knowledge -- Assessing Empirical Research in Bioethics -- Research Ethics -- Research Ethics: International Perspectives -- The Ethics of Controlled Clinical Trials -- In Cases of Emergency, No Need for Consent -- Making Informed Consent Meaningful -- When Are Placebo-Controlled Trials No Longer Appropriate? -- Ethical Issues in Clinical Trials in Developing Countries -- The New Declaration of Helsinki May Be Dangerous to the Health of Developing Countries -- Defending Animal Research: An International Perspective -- Clinical Ethics -- Withdrawal of Treatment versus Killing of Patients -- Special Ethical Issues in the Management of Persistent Vegetative State (PVS) Patients -- The Role of Futility in Health Care Reform -- How Much of the Brain Must Be Dead? -- Jewish Medical Ethics -- Jewish Reflections on Life and Death Decision Making -- A Historical Introduction to Jewish Casuistry on Suicide and Euthanasia -- The Use of Halakhic Material in Discussions of Medical Ethics. I. 1. 2. 3. II. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. III. 12. 13. 14. 15. IV. 16. 17. 18.
"When it comes to morality as it is practiced in medicine, Brody makes clear that the ethical issues are never as simple as black and white - that there are myriad factors and fine nuances that can and should challenge decision making as it is commonly practiced in difficult medical cases. In this collection, delving thoughtfully and systematically into methodology, research ethics, clinical ethics, and Jewish medical ethics, he tackles thorny life-and-death questions head-on and fearlessly. He casts a light into all the corners of end-of-life decisions - a field in which he has exemplary credentials - while illuminating a new understanding of morality and ethics." "The introduction outlines much of Brody's approach, defines the terminology used, and contrasts his ethical positions with much of the competing literature, Taking Issue will be invaluable to students and scholars in medical ethics, bioethics, and the philosophy of medicine." "Baruch A. Brody is the Leon Jaworski Professor Biomedical Ethics and director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine. He is also a professor of philosophy at Rice University and director of the Ethics program at the Methodist Hospital."--BOOK JACKET.