Case Studies in Biomedical Research Ethics

Neuausgabe 2004
ISBN: 978-0-262-13437-8
Verlag: Penguin Random House LLC

Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 184 mm x 264 mm, Gewicht: 789 g

Reihe: Basic Bioethics

This textbook for instruction in biomedical research ethics can also
serve as a valuable reference for professionals in the field of bioethics. The 149
cases included in the book are grouped in nine chapters, each of which covers a key
area of debate in the field. Some of the case studies are classics, including the
famous cases of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study (in which subjects with syphilis were
not given treatment) and the Willowbrook hepatitis studies (in which
institutionalized subjects were intentionally exposed to hepatitis). Others focus on
such current issues as human embryonic stem cell research, cloning by somatic
nuclear transfer, and the design and function of institutional review boards. Each
chapter begins with a brief introduction that places the issues raised in context;
this is followed by a number of cases (each of which is no more than a few pages).
Study questions meant to encourage further discussion follow each case.After an
introductory discussion of the history and tenets of ethics in medical research, the
book's chapters cover the topics of oversight and study design; informed consent;
the selection of subjects; conflicts of interest; the social effects of research;
embryos, fetuses, and children; genetic research; the use of animals; and authorship
and publication. Following these chapters are appendixes with the texts of the
Nuremburg Code and the World Declaration of Geneva, two key documents in the
establishment of bioethical standards for research. Also included are a glossary, a
table of cases by general category, and an alphabetical listing of cases.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Murphy, Timothy F.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Ethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Medizinische Ethik

Über Autor(innen)

Murphy, Timothy F.
Timothy F. Murphy is Professor of Philosophy in the Biomedical Sciences at the
University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago. He is the author of <I>
Case Studies in Biomedical Research Ethics</I> (MIT Press, 2004), <I>Gay
Science: The Ethics of Sexual Orientation Research</I>, and other
books.

Timothy F. Murphy is Professor of Philosophy in the Biomedical Sciences, Department of Medical Education, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago and has been a Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Ethics of the American Medical Association.