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Physician-Assisted Suicide
"The book is extremely well balanced: in each section there is usually an argument for and against the positions raised. It is a useful and well-thought-out text. It will make people think and discuss the problems raised, which I think is the editor's main purpose." -- Journal of Medical Ethics "... a volume that is to be commended for the clarity of its contributions, and for the depth it gains from its narrow focus. In places, this is a deeply moving, as well as closely argued, book." -- Times Literary Supplement "This work is an excellent historical and philosophical resource on a very difficult subject." -- Choice "This collection of well-written and carefully argued essays should be int...
The Secular Revolution
This collection presents a radical rethinking of the secularization of American public life.
Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide
A concise overview of the history and arguments surrounding euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide.
Bioethics for Health Professionals
A bioethics text which provides an introduction as well as a critical approach to the field of bioethics. Includes new categories of analysis and a social and contextual model of bioethical behaviour. Discusses a range of bioethical issues and is written in non-technical language. Includes figures and diagrams, an appendix, list of references and an index. The author teaches in the department of sociology at the ANU and his works include 'Transsexualism in Society' and 'Social Science Methodology'. Also available in hardback.
Playing God?
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Framework for Understanding the Thinning of a Public Debate2. Setting the Stage: The Eugenicists and the Challenge from Theologians3. Gene Therapy, Advisory Commissions, and the Birth of the Bioethics Profession4. The President's Commission: The "Neutral" Triumph of Formal Rationality5. Regaining Lost Jurisdictional Ground and the Triumph of the Bioethics Profession6. "Reproduction" as the New Jurisdictional Metaphor: Autonomy and the Internal Threat to the Bioethics/Science Jurisdiction7. Conclusion: The Future of Public Bioethics and the HGE DebateAppendix: Methods and TablesNotesWorks CitedIndex Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
