Bioethics

<p><em>Bioethics: 50 Puzzles Problems and Thought Experiments </em>collects 50 cases—both real and imaginary—that have been or should be of special interest and importance to philosophical bioethics. Cases are collected together under topical headings in a natural order for an introductory course in bioethics. Each case is described in a few pages which includes bioethical context a concise narrative of the case itself and a discussion of its importance both for broader philosophical issues and for practical problems in clinical ethics and health policy. Each entry also contains a brief annotated list of suggested readings. In addition to the classic cases in bioethics the book contains discussion of cases that involve several emerging bioethical issues: especially issues around disability social justice and the practice of medicine in a diverse and globalized world.</p><p><strong>Key Features:</strong></p><ul> <li>Gives readers all chapters presented in an identical format:</li> <ul> <li>The Case</li> <li>Responses</li> <li>Suggested Readings</li> </ul> <li>Includes reference to up-to-date literature in journals devoted both to more generalist ethics and to bioethics</li> <li>Offers short and self-contained chapters allowing students to quickly understand an issue and giving instructors flexibility in assigning readings to match the themes of the course</li> <li>Features actual or lightly fictionalized cases in humanitarian aid offering a type of case that is often underrepresented in bioethics books</li> <li>Authored by three scholars who are actively involved in the central research areas of bioethics</li> </ul>