Medical Ethics

In producing this series, the Council of Europe, the longest-standing human rights organisation in Europe, provides a unique insight into the ethical concerns related to recent scientific developments....more

• Published: 17 Oct 2003
• ISBN: 9789287150707
• £9.95

In this readable volume many of the complex ethical issues related to the developments in transplantation surgery are discussed, such as the dangers of organ trafficking, problems linked to patient waiting lists, organ shortages, and so on....more

• Published: 04 Feb 2003
• ISBN: 9789287147790
• £9.95  £5.97

The strange and harrowing sight of a person being awake but unaware with no evidence of a working mind - the characteristics of the vegetative state - provokes intense debate and raises profound questions for health professionals, ethicists, philosophers and lawyers. ...more

• Published: 28 Feb 2002
• ISBN: 9780521441582
• £60.00

In this publication, scientists, philosophers, lawyers and journalists explain the ethical issues linked with various cloning techniques and put forward their differing view on the matter. Some of the questions answered include: does therapeutic cloning pave the way to the cloning of human beings? ...more

• Published: 17 Jun 2002
• ISBN: 9789287147028
• £9.95

One of the most difficult problems that confronts clinicians and medical professionals is how to apply ethical principles to real decisions affecting patients. In this even-handed book, Foster examines the three main approaches to moral decision-making: goal-based, duty-based and rights-based. ...more

• Published: tbc
• ISBN: 9780521645737
• £Not known

Research on the human genome is opening up a wealth of possibilities in terms of understanding human evolution and developing medicine. In this volume of the new 'Ethical eye' series, ten international experts look at the topic from different angles, providing factual information about what the human genome ...more

• Published: 14 Aug 2001
• ISBN: 9789287145680
• £9.95

Untoward injuries are unacceptably common in medical treatment, at times with tragic consequences for patients. The phrases ‘an epidemic of error’ and ‘the medical toll’ have been coined to describe this problem of ‘iatrogenic harm’, which it has been suggested ...more

• Published: 16 Aug 2001
• ISBN: 9780521000888
• £26.99