Research Catalog

Title

Ethics and perinatology / edited by Amnon Goldworth [and others].

Publication

New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

Goldworth, Amnon.

Description

xxii, 484 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subjects

• Perinatology
• Ethics
• Perinatology > Moral and ethical aspects

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Introduction: a thematic overview / David K. Stevenson and Ernle W. D. Young -- 2. Maternal-fetal conflicts: ethical and policy issues. A. Maternal-fetal conflict I / Wayne R. Cohen. B. Maternal-fetal conflict II / Ruth Macklin -- 3. Futile treatment: decision-making in the context of probability and uncertainty. A. Futile treatment: I / Nancy S. Jecker and Roberta A. Pagon. B. Futile treatment: II / Norman C. Fost -- 4. Quality of life as a decision-making criterion. A. Quality of life as a decision-making criterion I / A. G. M. Campbell. B. Quality of life as a decision-making criterion II / Helga Kuhse -- 5. The use of epidemiological data for prognostication and decision-making. A. From probability to preference / John C. Sinclair and George W. Torrance. B. Abstract medical knowledge, newborns, and uncertainty: a challenge to philosophy of medicine / David C. Thomasma -- 6. Withholding and withdrawing therapy and actively hastening death.
• A. Withholding and withdrawing therapy and actively hastening death I / Mildred Stahlman. B. Withholding and withdrawing therapy and actively hastening death II / Robert Weir -- 7. Organ transplantation. A. Organ transplantation I / Joyce L. Peabody. B. Organ transplantation II / Albert R. Jonsen -- 8. The boundary between therapeutic and non-therapeutic research. A. Dubious distinctions between research and clinical practice using experimental therapies: have our patients been well served? / Jon Tyson. B. The intersection of research and practice / Tom L. Beauchamp -- 9. Informed consent. A. Informed consent in customary practice and in clinical trials / William A. Silverman. B. Standards of disclosure in informed consent / Amnon Goldworth -- 10. Government regulations in the United States. A. Government regulations in the United States / Ronald L. Ariagno. B. Baby Doe and beyond: the past and future of government regulation in the United States / Henry T. Greely.
• 11. Government regulations in the United Kingdom. A. Government regulations in the United Kingdom: I / A. G. M. Campbell. B. Government regulations in the United Kingdom: II / Margaret Brazier -- 12. The economics of perinatal care in the United States. A. Financing health care for pregnant women and newborns in the US.

ISBN

0192623796 :

LCCN

94013540

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries