Author:
Childress, James F.
Imprint:Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1997.
Descriptionxiv, 385 p. ; 25 cm.
Note:Metaphor and analogy in bioethics -- Ethical theories, principles, and casuistry in bioethics : an interpretation and defense of principalism -- Metaphors and models of doctor-patient relationships : their implications for autonomy / James F. Childress and Mark Siegler -- If you let them, they'd stay in bed all morning : the principle of respect for autonomy and the tyranny of regulation in nursing home life -- How much should the cancer patient know and decide? / James F. Childress and Bettina Schoene-Seifert -- Mandatory HIV screening and testing -- "Who is a doctor to decide whether a person lives or des?" : reflections on Dax's case / James F. Childress and Courtney S. Campbell -- Must patients always be given food and water? / James F. Childress and Joanne Lynn -- When is it morally justifiable to discontinue medical nutrition and hydration? -- Who shall live when not all can live? -- Triage in neonatal intensive care : the possibilites and limitations of a metaphor -- Fairness in the allocation and delivery of health care : a case study of organ transplantation -- Rights to health care in a democratic society -- Ethical criteria for policies to obtain organs for transplantation -- Human body parts as property : an assessment of ownership, sales, and financial incentives -- Ethics, public policy, and human fetal tissue transplantation research.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-375) and index.
