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    New perspectives in health care ethics : an interdisciplinary and crosscultural approach / Rosemarie Tong.

    • Title:New perspectives in health care ethics : an interdisciplinary and crosscultural approach / Rosemarie Tong.
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    • Author/Creator:Tong, Rosemarie.
    • Published/Created:Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, ©2007.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Medical ethics.
      Medical ethics--Cross-cultural studies.
    • Medical Subjects: Ethics, Medical.
      Bioethical Issues.
      Delivery of Health Care--ethics.
    • Description:xiv, 352 p. ; 23 cm.
    • Series:Basic ethics in action.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9780130613479 (pbk.)
      0130613479 (pbk.)
    • Contents:Pt. 1. conceptual framework for health care ethics
      Ch. 1. Introduction
      Ch. 2. Ethical theories and principles in health care
      Ch. 3. health care professional-patient relationship
      Pt. 2. Health and disease issues
      Ch. 4. Biological givens or social constructions?
      Ch. 5. Biomedical and behavioral research
      Pt. 3. Beginning of life issues
      Ch. 6. Abortion
      Ch. 7. Reproduction-assisting technologies : donor insemination, in vitro fertilization, and beyond
      Ch. 8. Genetic screening, counseling, and therapy
      Ch. 9. Therapeutic cloning, reproductive cloning, and ectogenesis
      Pt. 4. End of life issues
      Ch. 10. aging process and long-term health care
      Ch. 11. Euthanasia, assisted suicide, and palliative care
      Pt. 5. Micro- and macro-allocation issues
      Ch. 12. Organ transplantation : individual allocation decisions
      Ch. 13. Health care reform : social distribution decisions.
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