Research Catalog

Title

The ethical canary : science, society, and the human spirit / Margaret Somerville.

Author

Somerville, Margaret A.

Publication

Toronto, Ont. ; New York : Viking, 2000.

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Details

Description

xv, 344 pages; 23 cm

Subject

• Medical ethics
• Science > Moral and ethical aspects
• Bioethics
• Ethics, Medical
• Bioethics
• Medical ethics
• Science > Moral and ethical aspects

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-320) and index.

Contents

Searching for ethics in a secular society -- Making and un-making babies: the ethics of human reproduction -- Immortalizing our genetic selves: the ethics of human cloning -- Crossing the animal-human divide: the ethics of xenotransplantation -- Dealing with death: the ethics of euthanasia -- Terminating life support without consent: the ethics of withdrawing treatment -- Pushing parents to the sidelines: the ethics of imposing treatment on seriously ill children -- Altering baby boy's bodies: the ethics of infant male circumcision -- Denying healthcare to individuals: the ethics of access -- Structuring healthcare systems: the ethics of allocation -- Creating an ethics toolbox: what does "doing ethics" require? -- Epilogue

ISBN

• 0670893021
• 9780670893027

LCCN

2001369341

OCLC

• ocm44674348
• 44674348
• SCSB-1217987

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library