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Table of Contents:
BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:   Chapter 1: A Map of the Terrain of Ethics Chapter 2: The Hippocratic Oath and Its Challengers: A Brief History Chapter 3: Defining Death, Abortion, and Animal Welfare: The Basis of Moral Standing Chapter 4: Problems in Benefiting and Avoiding Harm to the Patient Chapter 5: The Ethics of Respect for Persons: Lying, Cheating, and Breaking Promises and Why Physicians Have Considered Them Ethical Chapter 6: The Principle of Avoiding of Killing Chapter 7: Death and Dying: The Incompetent Patient Chapter 8: Social Ethics of Medicine: Allocation of Resources, Transplantation, and Human Subjects Research Chapter 9: Human Control of Life: Genetics, Birth Technologies and Modifying Human Nature Chapter 10: Resolving Conflicts Among Principles Chapter 11: The Virtues in Bioethics   Appendices: Hippocratic Oath Principles of Medical Ethics (2001))of the American Medical Association Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights (2005)

About the Author :
Robert M. Veatch, Ph.D., is Professor of Medical Ethics and former director of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, where he is also professor of philosophy and adjunct professor in the medical school. He has taught medical ethics at Georgetown, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, Union College, and St. George's University School of Medicine. He was formerly Associate for Medical Ethics at the Hastings Center and is a registered pharmacist.

Review :
"As a leader and pioneer in the field, Veatch is very solid in terms of accuracy." — Kyle Fedler, Ashland University "I've used the Veatch book in teaching bioethics in short courses to non-philosophy audiences: medical students, physical therapy students, physician assistants, etc. They like it very much. It is readable, accessible, and interesting. The examples are well-chosen and memorable. The topics are well-chosen and coverage [is] appropriate. The presentation is balanced and thought-provoking." — Leslie Pickering Francis, University of Utah