The moral authority for professional ethics in medicine customarily rests in some source
'external'to medicine, ie, a pre-existing philosophical system of ethics or some form of social …

The panorama of bioethical problems is different today. Patients travel to Thailand for fast
surgery; commercial surrogate mothers in India deliver babies to parents in rich countries; …

The article is divided into three sections:(i) an overview of the main ethical models in public
health (theoretical foundations);(ii) a summary of several published frameworks for public …

The third edition of The Basics of Bioethics continues to provide a balanced and systematic
ethical framework to help students analyze a wide range of controversial topics in medicine …

A theoretical account of moral revolutions, illustrated by historical cases that include the
criminalization and decriminalization of abortion and the patient rebellion against medical …

Transhumanism is a “technoprogressive” socio-political and intellectual movement that
advocates for the use of technology in order to transform the human organism radically, with …

Physicians' treatment decisions determine the level of health care spending to a large
extent. The analysis of physician agency describes how doctors trade off their own and their …

A collection of essays-including 3 that have never been published before-by one of the
leading figures in cultural history. Professor Jordanova examines and reinterprets the …

This book explores how London society responded to the dilemma of the rampant spread of
the pox among the poor. Some have asserted that public authorities turned their backs on …

It is increasingly suggested that political advocacy is a core professional responsibility for
physicians. The author argues that this is an error. Advocacy on behalf of societal goals …