Engaging Bioethics: An Introduction With Case Studies

Engaging Bioethics: An Introduction with Case Studies draws students into this rapidly changing field, helping them to actively untangle the many issues at the intersection of medicine and moral concern. Presuming readers start with no background in philosophy, it offers balanced, philosophically based, and rigorous inquiry for undergraduates throughout the humanities and social sciences as well as for health care professionals-in-training, including students in medical school, pre-medicine, nursing, public health, and those studying to assist physicians in various capacities. Written by an author team with more than three decades of combined experience teaching bioethics, this book offers

Flexibility to the instructor, with chapters that can be read independently and in an order that fits the course structure

Up-to-date coverage of current controversies on topics such as vaccination, access to health care, new reproductive technologies, genetics, biomedical research on human and animal subjects, medically assisted death, abortion, medical confidentiality, and disclosure

Attention to issues of gender, race, cultural diversity, and justice in health care

Integration with case studies and primary sources

Pedagogical features to help instructors and students, including

Chapter learning objectives

Text boxes and figures to explain important terms, concepts, and cases

End-of-chapter summaries, key words, and annotated further readings

Discussion cases and questions

Appendices on moral reasoning and the history of ethical issues at the end and beginning of life

An index of cases discussed in the book and extensive glossary/index