Bioethics: Principles, Issues, and Cases

Bioethics: Principles Issues and Cases Third Edition explores the philosophical medical social and legal aspects of key bioethical issues. Opening with a thorough introduction to ethics bioethics and moral reasoning it then covers influential moral theories and the criteria for evaluating them. Integrating eighty-nine readings–twelve of them new to this edition–numerous classic bioethical cases and abundant pedagogical tools this text addresses the most provocative and controversial topics in bioethics. PEDAGOGICAL FEATURES: “Classic Case Files” describe landmark cases that shaped the debate while news-making “Cases for Evaluation” encourage students to form their own opinions Various text boxes: “In Depth” boxes contain additional material illustrations or analyses much of it “ripped from the headlines”; “Fact File” boxes provide statistics on the social medical and scientific facets of a chapters topic; and “Legal Brief” boxes summarize important court rulings and the status of major legislation “Key Terms” are boldfaced and boxed off within the text and then defined in a glossary at the back of the book “Applying Major Theories” sections at the end of each chapter help students relate theories to the issues