PDF-(EBOOK)-Medical Ethics: A Very Short Introduction

Medical ethics is an area that has particular interest for the general public as well as for the medical practitioner and issues concerning medical ethics seem to be constantly in the headlines This short and accessible introduction provides an invaluable tool with which to think about the ethical values that lie at the heart of medicineTony Hope deals with thorny moral issues including euthanasia and the morality of killing He also explores political questions such as how we can make sure health care resources are distributed fairly Each chapter in the book considers a different issue for example genetics modern reproductive technologies resource allocation mental health and medical research Each section also discusses controversial questions such as Who should have access to reproductive technology Is it right to fund expensive drug treatment for individuals Should treatment for mental illness be imposed on patients without their consent Considering a wide range of questions of medical ethics this Very Short Introduction will help to explain some of the confusing issues facing the field of medicine todayAbout the Series Combining authority with wit accessibility and style Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of lifes most interesting topics Written by experts for the newcomer they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics from philosophy to Freud quantum theory to Islam. Learning Objectives. Examine and discuss beliefs about personal and professional ethics. Identify how your beliefs and values affect your daily decisions. Discuss NAMSS Ethics Policies and the NAMSS Code of Conduct. Learning Objectives. Examine and discuss beliefs about personal and professional ethics. Identify how your beliefs and values affect your daily decisions. Discuss NAMSS Ethics Policies and the NAMSS Code of Conduct. This book sets out to assist counselors-to-be in developing an informed ethical conscience by first exploring and developing a theoretical understanding of the subject. The goal of the book is to acquaint readers with relevant ethical theory and to provide them exposure to real life ethical issues that are often messy, complex, multifaceted dilemmas that defy simple solutions. In this process, readers are encouraged to explore their own moral and ethical value systems as well as the codes they work from and to begin the formulation of an informed ethical conscience for making sound moral/ethical judgments. N. Al-. Asadi. 2018-2019. Ethics and Morality. What are they?. The terms . ethics. and . morality. are often used interchangeably - indeed, they usually can mean the same thing, and in casual conversation there . One of the most difficult issues that confronts veterinarians and staff today concerns the profession\'s obligation to the animal and the sometimes conflicting demands from clients, peers and society. The veterinarian\'s role has become more complex with new ethical challenges posed by issues such as growing public awareness regarding animal welfare, increasing economic value of companion animals, growth of veterinary specialization, experimentation with alternative and complementary medicine, and concern for pain management and mental well-being of animals. Written by an acknowledged pioneer in veterinary ethics, An Introduction to Veterinary Medical Ethics addresses the ethical challenges that veterinarians face daily as they seek to balance obligations to animal, client, peers, society and self. The book offers a highly readable and approachable introduction to the nature of ethical theory, reasoning and decision-making, and its practical application to veterinary medicine. Now with over 100 real-life veterinary case histories and analysis, this edition also includes new discussions of animal pain, distress and happiness, ethics of critical care, alternative medicine, legal status and value of animals, and Aesculapian authority.An Introduction to Veterinary Medical Ethics: Theory and Cases, Second Edition is recommended as essential reading for all veterinary students and practitioners, as well as those interested in general animal welfare. New edition from an acknowledged pioneer in veterinary ethics Addresses ethical challenges that veterinary medicine, with over 100 real-life cases Includes new discussion of legal status and value of animals, alternative medicine, Aesculapian authority, ethics and critical care, and animal pain, distress and happiness Ideal for veterinary students and practitioners This volume provides a general overview of the basic ethical and philosophical issues of animal rights. It asks questions such as: Do animals have moral rights? If so, what does this mean? What sorts of mental lives do animals have, and how should we understand welfare? By presenting models for understanding animals\' moral status and rights, and examining their mental lives and welfare, David DeGrazia explores the implications for how we should treat animals in connection with our diet, zoos, and research. Animal Rights distinguishes itself by combining intellectual rigor with accessibility, offering a distinct moral voice with a non-polemical tone. A physician says, I have an ethical obligation never to cause the death of a patient, another responds, My ethical obligation is to relieve pain even if the patient dies. The current argument over the role of physicians in assisting patients to die constantly refers to the ethical dutiesof the profession. References to the Hippocratic Oath are often heard. Many modern problems, from assisted suicide to accessible health care, raise questions about the traditional ethics of medicine and the medical profession. However, few know what the traditional ethics are and how they cameinto being. This book provides a brief tour of the complex story of medical ethics evolved over centuries in both Western and Eastern cultures. It sets this story in the social and cultural contexts in which the work of healing was practiced and suggests that, behind the many different perceptionsabout the ethical duties of physicians, certain themes appear constantly, and may be relevant to modern debates. The book begins with the Hippocratic Medicine of ancient Greece, moves throught the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Enlightenment in Europe, and the long history of Indian and Chinesemedicine, ending as the problems raised modern medical science and technology challenge the settled ethics of the long tradition. Medical ethics is an area that has particular interest for the general public as well as for the medical practitioner, and issues concerning medical ethics seem to be constantly in the headlines. This short and accessible introduction provides an invaluable tool with which to think about the ethical values that lie at the heart of medicine.Tony Hope deals with thorny moral issues, including euthanasia and the morality of killing. He also explores political questions, such as how we can make sure health care resources are distributed fairly. Each chapter in the book considers a different issue, for example, genetics, modern reproductive technologies, resource allocation, mental health, and medical research. Each section also discusses controversial questions such as: Who should have access to reproductive technology? Is it right to fund expensive drug treatment for individuals? Should treatment for mental illness be imposed on patients without their consent? Considering a wide range of questions of medical ethics, this Very Short Introduction will help to explain some of the confusing issues facing the field of medicine today.About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life\'s most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam. In this fresh and comprehensive introduction to animal ethics, Lori Gruen weaves together poignant and provocative case studies with discussions of ethical theory, urging readers to engage critically and empathetically reflect on our treatment of other animals. In clear and accessible language, Gruen provides a survey of the issues central to human-animal relations and a reasoned new perspective on current key debates in the field. She analyses and explains a range of theoretical positions and poses challenging questions that directly encourage readers to hone their ethical reasoning skills and to develop a defensible position about their own practices. Her book will be an invaluable resource for students in a wide range of disciplines including ethics, environmental studies, veterinary science, women\'s studies, and the emerging field of animal studies and is an engaging account of the subject for general readers with no prior background in philosophy. In 1883, Francis Galton, a cousin of Charles Darwin, coined the word eugenics to express his dream of perfecting the human race by applying the laws of genetic heredity. Adapting Darwin\'s theory of evolution to human society, eugenics soon became a powerful, international movement, committed to using the principles of heredity and statistics to encourage healthy and discourage unhealthy reproduction. Early in the twentieth century and across the world, doctors, social reformers, and politicians turned to the new science of eugenics as a means to improve and strengthen their populations. Eugenics advocates claimed their methods would result in healthier, fitter babies and would dramatically limit human suffering. The reality was a different story. In the name of scientific progress and of human improvement, eugenicists targeted the weak and the sick, triggering coercive legislation on issues as disparate as race, gender, immigration, euthanasia, abortion, sterilization, intelligence, mental illness, and disease control. Nationalists eagerly embraced eugenics as a means to legitimize their countries\' superiority and racialized assumptions, and the Nazis notoriously used eugenics to shape their final solution. In this lucid volume, Philippa Levine tackles the intricate and controversial history of eugenics, masterfully synthesizing the enormous range of policies and experiments carried out in the name of eugenics around the world throughout the twentieth century. She questions the widespread belief that eugenics disappeared after World War II and evaluates the impact of eugenics on current reproductive and genetic sciences. Charting the development of such controversial practices as artificial insemination, sperm donation, and population control, this book offers a powerful, extraordinarily timely reflection on the frequent interplay between genetics and ethics. Eugenics may no longer be a household word, but we feel its effects even today. T?p eti?i son derece önemli ve bir o kadar tart??mal? bir konu. Richard Harris, modern t?p prati?inin ve t?p ara?t?rmalar?n?n kar??m?za ç?kard??? belli ba?l? etik sorunlar?n kapsaml? bir dökümünü yaparken, bunlar?n her birimiz için ta??d??? hayati önemi çarp?c? bir yakla??mla gözler önüne seriyor. Bu sorunlar üzerinde dü?ünme yöntemimizi ve bunlara ili?kin geleneksel çözümlerimizi kökünden yenilememiz gerekti?ini savunan Harris, temel varsay?mlarla al???lm?? cevaplara meydan okuyarak, en içinden ç?k?lmaz sorunlar?n bile çözülebilir oldu?unu gösteriyor.Harris, k?s?tl? kaynaklar? olabildi?ince adil biçimde da??tma sorununun t?p prati?inde ortaya ç?kard??? ikilemlerden ba?lay?p biyoteknolojinin ve genetik mühendisli?inin bütün mümkün k?ld??? olanaklar?n ve gelecekteki yeni olas?l?klar?n önümüze sürdü?ü etik ç?kmazlara var?ncaya dek geni? bir alanda zorlu sorulara cevap ar?yor. Hayat?n anlam? ve de?eri konusunda tutarl? bir çerçeve olu?turarak, tüpte döllenme, embriyon deneyleri, yumurta ve embriyon ba????, rahim kiralama, organ nakli, ölüm sonras? döllenme gibi modern uygulamalar? etik çözümlemenin süzgecinden geçiriyor. Öte yandan, modern t?bb?n i?aret etti?i olas?l?klar ?????nda gelece?e do?ru uzanarak, klonlama, yapay üreme ve insan dondurma gibi uygulamalar?n gerçekle?mesi halinde kar??la?abilece?imiz etik sorunlar üzerinde enine boyuna kafa yoruyor... In this book Paul Carrick charts the ancient Greek and Roman foundations of Western medical ethics. Surveying 1,500 years of pre-Christian medical moral history, Carrick applies insights from ancient medical ethics to developments in contemporary medicine such as advance directives, gene therapy, physician-assisted suicide, abortion, and surrogate motherhood. He discusses such timeless issues as the social status of the physician attitudes toward dying and death and the relationship of medicine to philosophy, religion, and popular mortality. Opinions of a wide range of ancient thinkers are consulted, including physicians, poets, philosophers, and patients. He also explores the puzzling question of Hippocrates\' identity, analyzing not only the Hippocratic Oath but also the Father of Medicine\'s lesser-known works. Accessible to both professionals and to those with little background in medical philosophy or ancient science, Carrick\'s book demonstrates that in the ancient world, as in our own postmodern age, physicians, philosophers, and patients embraced a diverse array of perspectives on the most fundamental questions of life and death. What is innovation? How is innovation used in business? How can we use it to succeed?Innovation, the ways ideas are made valuable, plays an essential role in economic and social development, and is an increasingly topical issue. Over the last 150 years our world has hit an accelerated rate of transformation. From airplanes to television to penicillin, and from radios to frozen food to digital money, the fruits of innovation surround us.Innovation: A Very Short Introduction looks at what innovation is and why it affects us so profoundly. It examines how it occurs, who stimulates it, how it is pursued, and what its outcomes are, both positive and negative. Considering innovation today, and discussing future disruptive technologies such as AI, which have important implications for work and employment, Mark Dodgson and David Gann consider the extent to which our understanding of innovation has developed over the past century and how it might be used to interpret the global economy. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable. May 16, 2018. Introduction. A little about me:. Over 20 years in the medical device and pharmaceutical industries. Started as a medical device representative-in surgery every day M-F and then moved into the pharmaceutical industry.