Preface.
Introduction.
List of Articles.
List of Contributors.
Topical Outline.
Abortion: I. Medical Perspectives.
Abortion: II. Ethical Perspectives.
Abortion: III. Legal and Regulatory Issues.
Abortion: IV. Jewish Perspectives.
Abortion: V. Roman Catholic Perspectives.
Abortion: VI. Protestant Perspectives.
Abortion: VII. Islamic Perspectives.
Abortion: VIII. Buddhist Perspectives.
Abortion: IX. Hindu Perspectives.
Abuse, Interpersonal: I. Child Abuse.
Abuse, Interpersonal: II. Abuse Between Domestic Partners.
Abuse, Interpersonal: III. Elder Abuse.
Abuse, Interpersonal: IV. Abuse of Health Care Workers.
Access to Health Care.
Addiction and Dependence.
Adoption.
Advance Directives and Advance Care Planning.
Advertising and Marketing in Health Care.
Africa, Bioethics in: I. Subsaharan Africa.
Africa, Bioethics in: II. South Africa.
Aging and the Aged: I. Societal Aging.
Aging and the Aged: II. Health Care for the Aging.
Aging and the Aged: III. Research Ethics.
Agriculture and Biotechnology.
AIDS: I. Public Health Issues.
AIDS: II. Health Care and Research Issues.
Alcohol and Other Drugs in a Public Health Context.
Alternative Therapies: I. Social History.
Alternative Therapies: II. Ethical and Legal Issues.
America, Bioethics in: I. United States.
America, Bioethics in: II. Canada.
America, Bioethics in: III. Latin America.
Animal Research: I. Historical Aspects.
Animal Research: II. Philosophical Issues.
Animal Research: III. Law and Policy.
Animal Welfare and Rights: I. Ethical Perspectives on the Treatment and Status of Animals.
Animal Welfare and Rights: II. Vegetarianism.
Animal Welfare and Rights: III. Wildlife Conservation and Management.
Animal Welfare and Rights: IV. Pet and Companion Animals.
Animal Welfare and Rights: V. Zoos and Zoological Parks.
Animal Welfare and Rights: VI. Animals in Agriculture and Factory Farming.
Animal Welfare and Rights: VII. Policies and Organizations.
Artificial Nutrition and Hydration.
Asia, Bioethics in.
Australia and New Zealand, Bioethics in.
Authenticity.
Authority in Religious Traditions.
Autonomy.
Beneficence.
Bias, Research.
Biocentrism vs. Anthropocentrism.
Biodiversity Conservation.
Bioethics Commissions, History of.
Bioethics Education: I. Medicine.
Bioethics Education: II. Nursing.
Bioethics Education: III. Other Health Professions.
Bioethics Education: IV. Public Education.
Bioethics: I. History of.
Bioethics: II. Key Cases in.
Bioethics: III. Discourse in.
Bioethics: IV. Professionalism in.
Bioethics: V. Ethics of.
Bioethics: VI. Research Methods in.
Bioethics: VII. Empirical Methods in.
Bioethics: VIII. Sociology of.
Bioethics: IX. Anthropology of.
Bioethics: X. Politics of.
Biology, Philosophy of.
Biopolitics.
Bioterrorism.
Body: I. Embodiment in the Phenomenological Tradition.
Body: II. Cultural and Religious Perspectives.
Body: III. Commodification.
Buddhism, Bioethics in.
Cancer, Ethical Issues Related to Diagnosis and Treatment.
Care Ethics.
Care: I. History of the Notion of Care.
Care: II. Care and Society/Public Policy.
Casuistry.
Childbirth, Medical Procedures in.
Children: I. History of Childhood.
Children: II. Rights of Children.
Children: III. Health Care and Research Issues.
Children: IV. Mental Health Issues.
China, Bioethics in: I. Prerepublican China.
China, Bioethics in: II. Contemporary China.
Christianity, Bioethics in.
Chronic Illness and Chronic Care.
Circumcision, Female.
Circumcision, Male.
Climate Change.
Clinical Ethics: I. Development, Role and Methodologies.
Clinical Ethics: II. Clinical Ethics Consultation.
Cloning: I. Scientific Background.
Cloning: II. Reproductive.
Cloning: III. Religious Perspectives.
Coercion.
Cognitive Impairment/Traumatic Brain Injury.
Commercialism in Scientific Research.
Communitarianism and Bioethics.
Community Based Participatory Research.
Community Engagement/Deliberative Democracy.
Comparative Effectiveness, Ethics of Science of Health Care Delivery.
Competence.
Confidentiality.
Conflict of Interest.
Confucianism, Bioethics in.
Conscience.
Conscience, Rights of.
Consensus, Role and Authority of.
Continental Philosophy.
Contractarianism and Bioethics.
Corporate Compliance.
Corporate Responsibility in Health (ethics vs. economics).
Cross Border Medical Travel.
Cross Border Reproductive Travel.
Death Penalty.
Death, Definition and Determination of: I. Criteria for Death.
Death, Definition and Determination of: II. Legal Issues in Pronouncing Death.
Death, Definition and Determination of: III. Philosophical and Theological Perspectives.
Death: I. Cultural Perspectives.
Death: II. Eastern Thought.
Death: III. Western Philosophical Thought.
Death: IV. Western Religious Thought.
Death: V. Death in the Western World.
Death: VI. Professional Education.
Deep Brain Stimulation.
Dementia.
Dentistry.
Dialysis, Kidney.
Disability: I. Ethical and Societal Perspectives.
Disability: II. Legal Issues.
Disability: III. Theories of.
Divided Loyalties in Mental Health Care.
DNA Identification.
DNR (Do Not Resuscitate).
Double Effect, Principle or Doctrine of.
Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Bioethics in.
Economic Concepts in Health Care.
Electroconvulsive Therapy.
Embryo and Fetus: I. Developments from Fertilization to Birth.
Embryo and Fetus: II. Embryo Research.
Embryo and Fetus: III. Embryonic Stem Cell Research.
Embryo and Fetus: IV. Religious Perspectives.
Emotions.
Endangered Species and Biodiversity.
Enhancement Uses of Medical Technology.
Environmental Care.
Environmental Ethics: I. Overview.
Environmental Ethics: II. Deep Ecology.
Environmental Ethics: III. Land Ethics.
Environmental Ethics: IV. Ecofeminism.
Environmental Health Ethics.
Environmental Policy and Law.
Epidemics.
Epistemic Injustice.
Ethics: I. History of Ethics.
Ethics: II. Task of Ethics.
Ethics: III. Metaethics.
Ethics: IV. Normative Ethical Theories.
Ethics: V. Religion and Morality.
Eugenics: I. Historical Aspects.
Eugenics: II. Ethical Issues.
Europe, Bioethics in: I. Introduction.
Europe, Bioethics in: II. Southern Europe.
Europe, Bioethics in: III. The Benelux Countries.
Europe, Bioethics in: IV. United Kingdom.
Europe, Bioethics in: V. Republic of Ireland.
Europe, Bioethics in: VI. German-Speaking Countries and Switzerland.
Europe, Bioethics in: VII. Nordic Countries.
Europe, Bioethics in: VIII. Central and Eastern Europe.
Europe, Bioethics in: IX. Russia.
Expert Testimony.
Exploitation.
Family and Family Medicine.
Family Caregiving.
Feminism.
Fertility Control: I. Medical Aspects.
Fertility Control: II. Social and Ethical Issues.
Fertility Control: III. Legal and Regulatory Issues.
Fetal Research.
Food.
Freedom and Free Will.
Future Generations, Reproductive Technologies and Obligations to.
Gender.
Gender Identity.
Genetic Citizenship.
Genetic Counseling, Ethical Issues in.
Genetic Counseling, Practice of.
Genetic Discrimination.
Genetic Engineering, Human.
Genetic Testing and Screening: I. Reproductive Genetic Testing.
Genetic Testing and Screening: II. Newborn Genetic Screening.
Genetic Testing and Screening: III. Population Screening.
Genetic Testing and Screening: IV. Public Health Context.
Genetic Testing and Screening: V. Predictive Genetic Testing.
Genetic Testing and Screening: VI. Pediatric Genetic Testing.
Genetics and Environment in Human Health.
Genetics and Human Behavior: I. Scientific and Research Issues.
Genetics and Human Behavior: II. Philosophical and Ethical Issues.
Genetics and Human Self-Understanding.
Genetics and Racial Minorities.
Global Bioethics.
Global Health Inequalities and Inequities.
Global Justice.
Globalization and Health.
Green Design of Hospitals/Impact.
Grief and Bereavement.
Harm.
Harmful Substances, Legal Control of.
Hazardous Wastes and Toxic Substances.
Healing.
Health and Disease: I. History of the Concepts.
Health and Disease: II. Sociological Perspectives.
Health and Disease: III. Anthropological Perspectives.
Health and Disease: IV. Philosophical Perspectives.
Health and Disease: V. The Experience of Health and Illness.
Health Care Institutions.
Health Care Professionals, Legal Regulation of.
Health Care Resources, Allocation of: I. Macroallocation.
Health Care Resources, Allocation of: II. Microallocation.
Health Care Systems.
Health Care, Delivery of.
Health Care, Ethic of Care in.
Health Care, Quality Improvement.
Health Care, Worker Migration.
Health Care, Workplace Conditions.
Health Insurance.
Health Policy and Politics.
Health Policy in the United States.
Health Services Management Ethics.
Hinduism, Bioethics in.
Homosexuality, Religious Perspectives.
Hospital, Contemporary Ethical Problems of the.
Hospitals, Ethical Issues in the Governance of.
Human Biome.
Human Dignity.
Human Evolution and Bioethics.
Human Gene Transfer Research.
Human Genome Analysis/Return of Results.
Human Genome Diversity Project.
Human Genome Project.
Human Nature.
Human Rights.
Humanitarian Relief.
Immigration, Health Care Access.
Impaired Professionals.
Infanticide.
Infants, Ethical Issues with.
Infants, Medical Aspects and Issues in the Care of.
Infants, Public Policy and Legal Issues.
Information Disclosure, Ethical Issues of.
Informed Consent: I. History of Informed Consent.
Informed Consent: II. Meaning and Elements.
Informed Consent: III. Consent Issues in Human Research.
Informed Consent: IV. Clinical Aspects of Consent in Health Care.
Informed Consent: V. Legal and Ethical Issues of Consent in Health Care.
Informed Consent: VI. Issues of Consent in Mental Health Care.
Injury and Injury Control.
Insanity and the Insanity Defense.
Institutional Review Boards.
Institutionalization and Deinstitutionalization.
Islam, Bioethics in.
Jainism, Bioethics in.
Japan, Bioethics in: I. Japan through the 19th Century.
Japan, Bioethics in: II. Contemporary Japan.
Judaism, Bioethics in.
Justice.
Labor Unions in Health Care.
Law and Bioethics.
Law and Morality.
Liberty.
Life.
Life Sustaining Treatment and Euthanasia: I. Ethical Aspects of.
Life Sustaining Treatment and Euthanasia: II. Historical Aspects of.
Life, Quality of: I. Quality of Life in Clinical Decisions.
Life, Quality of: II. Quality of Life in Health Care Allocation.
Life, Quality of: III. Quality of Life in Legal Perspective.
Life, Sanctity of.
Literature and Health Care.
Long-Term Care: I. Concepts and Policies.
Long-Term Care: II. Nursing Homes.
Long-Term Care: III. Home Care.
Long-Term Care: IV. Financing, US and Intl.
Malpractice, Medical.
Managed Care.
Maternal-Fetal Relationship: I. Medical Aspects.
Maternal-Fetal Relationship: II. Ethical Issues.
Maternal-Fetal Relationship: III. Legal and Regulatory Issues.
Medicaid.
Medical Codes and Oaths: I. History.
Medical Codes and Oaths: II. Ethical Analysis.
Medical Education.
Medical Futility.
Medicare.
Medicine, Anthropology of.
Medicine, Art of.
Medicine, Philosophy of.
Medicine, Profession of.
Medicine, Sociology of.
Mental Health Services: I. Settings and Programs.
Mental Health Services: II. Ethical Issues.
Mental Health Therapies.
Mental Health, Meaning of Mental Health.
Mental Illness: I. Definition, Use and Meaning.
Mental Illness: II. Cultural Perspectives.
Mental Illness: III. Issues in Diagnosis.
Mental Illness: IV. Biomedical Models.
Mental Institutions, Commitment to.
Mentally Disabled and Mentally Ill Persons: I. Health Care Issues.
Mentally Disabled and Mentally Ill Persons: II. Research Issues.
Metaphor and Analogy.
Military Personnel as Research Subjects.
Minorities as Research Subjects.
Mistakes, Medical.
Moral Status.
Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints), Bioethics in.
Nanotechnology.
Narrative.
National Security Ethics.
Native American Religions, Bioethics in.
Natural Law.
Naturalism.
Nazi Legacy in Bioethics.
Near and Middle East, Bioethics in: I. Turkey.
Near and Middle East, Bioethics in: II. Arab World.
Near and Middle East, Bioethics in: III. Israel.
Neuroethics.
NGOs in Health Care.
Nuclear Weapons.
Nursing Ethics.
Nursing, Profession of.
Nursing, Theories and Philosophy of.
Obligation and Supererogation.
Occupational Safety and Health: I. Ethical Issues.
Occupational Safety and Health: II. Occupational Health Care Providers.
Oppression.
Organ and Tissue Procurement: I. Medical and Organizational Aspects.
Organ and Tissue Procurement: II. Ethical and Legal Issues Regarding Living Donors.
Organ Transplants, Medical Overview of.
Organ Transplants, Sociocultural Aspects ofOrgan Transplants, Medical Overview of.
Organizational Ethics in Health Care.
Pain and Suffering.
Palliative and End-of-Life Care.
Pandemics.
Parental Authority.
Pastoral Care and Health Care Chaplaincy.
Patenting Organisms and Basic Research.
Paternalism.
Patient's Responsibilities: I. Duties of Patients.
Patient's Responsibilities: II. Co-Relative Rights.
Patients' Rights: I. Origin and Nature of Patients' Rights.
Patients' Rights: II. Mental Patients' Rights.
Pedagogy of Bioethics.
Pediatrics, Adolescents.
Pediatrics, Intensive Care in.
Pediatrics, Overview of Ethical Issues in.
Pediatrics, Public Health Issues in.
Persistent Vegetative State.
Personalized Medicine.
Pharmaceutical Industry.
Pharmaceutics, Issues in Prescribing.
Pharmacogenetics.
Phenomenology.
Physician Assisted Dying/Hastened Death.
Placebo.
Population Ethics: I. History of Population Theories.
Population Ethics: II. Normative Approaches.
Population Ethics: III. Religious Traditions: A. Introduction.
Population Ethics: III. Religious Traditions: B. Islamic Perspectives.
Population Ethics: III. Religious Traditions: C. Jewish Perspectives.
Population Ethics: III. Religious Traditions: D. Roman Catholic Perspectives.
Population Ethics: III. Religious Traditions: E. Eastern Orthodox Perspectives.
Population Ethics: III. Religious Traditions: F. Protestant Perspectives.
Population Ethics: III. Religious Traditions: G. Hindu Perspectives.
Population Ethics: III. Religious Traditions: H. Buddhist Perspectives.
Population Policies, Demographic Aspects of.
Population Policies, Migration and Refugees in.
Population Policies, Strategies for Fertility Control in.
Postmodernism.
Pragmatism.
Precautionary Principle.
Prevention and Promotion.
Principlism.
Prisoners as Research Subjects.
Prisoners, Health Care Issues of.
Privacy and Confidentiality in Research.
Privacy in Health Care.
Profession and Professional Ethics.
Professional-Patient Relationship: I. Historical Perspectives.
Professional-Patient Relationship: II. Sociological Perspectives.
Professional-Patient Relationship: III. Ethical Issues.
Profit and Commercialism.
Psychiatry, Abuses of.
Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Therapies.
Psychopharmacology.
Psychosurgery, Ethical Aspects of.
Psychosurgery, Medical and Historical Aspects of.
Public Health: I. History.
Public Health: II. Law.
Public Health: III. Philosophy.
Public Health: IV. Ethics.
Public Health: V. Methods.
Public Health: VI. Research.
Public Health: VII. Health Surveillance.
Public Health: VIII. Infectious Disease Control.
Public Health: IX. Social Determinants of Health.
Public Health: X. Behaviorial Control.
Public Health: XI. Emergency Preparedness and Response.
Public Health: XII. Emergency Allocation of Resources and Altered Standard of Care.
Public Policy and Bioethics.
Race and Racism.
Reductionism.
Regenerative Medicine.
Rehabilitation Medicine.
Relativism, Cultural and Ethical.
Religious Objections to Care.
Reproductive Technologies: I. Introduction.
Reproductive Technologies: II. Sex Selection.
Reproductive Technologies: III. Fertility Drugs.
Reproductive Technologies: IV. Legal and Regulatory Issues.
Reproductive Technologies: V. Gamete Donation.
Reproductive Technologies: VI. Contract Pregnancy.
Reproductive Technologies: VII. Sperm, Ova, and Embryos.
Reproductive Technologies: VIII. Ethical Issues.
Reproductive Technologies: IX. In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer.
Research Ethics Consultation.
Research Methodology: I. Conceptual Issues.
Research Methodology: II. Controlled Clinical Trials.
Research Methodology: III. Subjects.
Research Policy: I. General Background.
Research Policy: II. Risk and Vulnerable Groups.
Research Policy: III. Subjects.
Research, Human: Historical Aspects.
Research, Multinational.
Research, Unethical.
Resilience.
Right to Die: Policy and Law.
Rights.
Risk.
Science, Philosophy of.
Science, Technology, and Society Studies.
Scientific Publishing.
Selective Termination/Reduction of Multiple Pregnancy.
Self-Experimentation.
Sex Reassignment.
Sexual Behavior, Medical Control of.
Sexual Ethics.
Sexual Ethics and Professional Standards.
Sexual Identity.
Sexuality, Legal Approaches to.
Shared Decision Making.
Sikhism, Bioethics in.
Smoking.
Social Constructivism.
Social Justice.
Social Medicine.
Social Work, Profession of.
Solidarity.
Southeast Asia, Bioethics in.
Sports, Bioethics of.
Stewardship.
Students as Research Subjects.
Subjectivity.
Suicide.
Surrogate Decision-Making.
Sustainability.
Synthetic Biology.
Taoism, Bioethics in.
Teams, Health Care.
Technology: I. History of Medical Technology.
Technology: II. Philosophy of.
Tissue Banking, Ethical Issues in.
Transhumanism and Posthumanism.
Translational Research, Ethics of.
Triage.
Trust.
Utilitarianism.
Vaccination and Immunization.
Veterinary Ethics.
Virtue and Character.
Vulnerability.
Warfare: I. Introduction.
Warfare: II. Medicine and War.
Warfare: III. Public Health and War.
Warfare: IV. Chemical and Biological Weapons.
Warfare: V. Soldier Enhancement.
Warfare: VI. Torture.
Whistleblowing in Health Care.
Women, Historical and Cross-Cultural Perspectives.
Xenotransplantation.
Additional Resources in Bioethics.
Key Legal Cases in Bioethics.
Annotated Bibliography of Literature and Medicine.
Acknowledgments.
Index.