List of Contributors Acknowledgments Part I: Introduction 1. What Is Bioethics? A Historical Introduction: Helga Kuhse (Monash University) and Peter Singer (Princeton University / University of Melbourne) Part II: Questions About Bioethics 2. Ethical Theory and Bioethics: James Rachels (Deceased) 3. Culture and Bioethics: Segun Gbadegesin (Howard University, Washington, DC) 4. Gender and Bioethics: Jan Crosthwaite (University of Auckland, New Zealand) 5. Religion and Bioethics: Eric Gregory (Princeton University) 6. Law and Bioethics: Wibren van der Burg (Erasmus University, Rotterdam) Part III: Ethical Approaches 7. A Principle-based Approach: James F. Childress (University of Virginia) 8. Exceptionless Rule Approaches: Joseph Boyle (University of Toronto) 9. A Utilitarian Approach: R. M. Hare (Deceased) 10. A Virtue Ethics Approach: Justin Oakley (Monash University, Australia) 11. A Care Approach: Rita C. Manning (San José State University, California) 12. A Case Approach: John D. Arras (University of Virginia) Part IV: Before Birth: Issues Involving Embryos and Fetuses 13. Personhood: Michael Tooley (University of Colorado at Boulder) 14. Abortion: Mary Anne Warren (San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California) 15. MotherFetus Conflict: Bonnie Steinbock (State University of New York) Part V: Issues In Reproduction 16. Population: Margaret Pabst Battin (University of Utah) 17. Assisted Reproduction, Prenatal Testing, and Sex Selection: Laura M. Purdy (Wells College, Aurora, New York) 18. Cloning: Gregory Pence (University of Alabama at Birmingham) Part VI: The New Genetics 19. Gene Therapy: Ruth Chadwick (Cardiff University, Wales) 20. Genetic Enhancement: Julian Savulescu (University of Oxford) 21. Creating and Patenting New Life Forms: Nils Holtug (University of Copenhagen) 22. Genetic Counseling, Testing, and Screening: Angus Clarke (Cardiff University, Wales) Part VII: Life And Death Issues 23. Medical Decisions at the End of Life: Dan W. Brock (Harvard Medical School, Boston) 24. Severely Disabled Newborns: Eike-Henner W. Kluge (University of Victoria, Canada) 25. Death, Brain Death, and Persistent Vegetative State: Jeff McMahan (Rutgers University, New Brunswick) 26. Advance Directives: Alexander Morgan Capron (University of Southern California, Los Angeles) 27. Voluntary Euthanasia, Suicide, and Physician-assisted Suicide: Brian Stoffell (Flinders University, South Australia) 28. The Slippery Slope Argument: Govert den Hartogh (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Part VIII: Resource Allocation 29. Deciding Between Patients: John Harris (University of Manchester) 30. Society's Allocation of Resources for Health: Daniel Wikler (Harvard University, Boston) and Sarah Marchand (St Paul, Minnesota) 31. Is There a Right to Health Care and, If So, What Does It Encompass?: Norman Daniels (Harvard University, Boston) Part IX: Organ Donations 32. A World of Transferable Parts: Janet Radcliffe Richards (University of Oxford) Part X: Global Health-care Issues 33. Global Health Responsibilities: Christopher Lowry (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) and Udo Schüklenk (Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario) 34. Developing World Challenges: Udo Schüklenk (Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario), Michael Kottow (University of Chile, Santiago), and Peter A. Sy (University of the Philippines, Quezon City) 35. Global Pharmaceutical Markets: Kevin Outterson (Boston University) and Donald W. Light (University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey) 36. Infectious Disease: Michael J. Selgelid (The Australian National University, Canberra) 37. AIDS as a Global Health Emergency: Udo Schüklenk (Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario) Part XI: Experimentation With Humans and Animals 38. Research Involving Human Beings: Florencia Luna (University of Buenos Aires) and Ruth Macklin (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York) 39. Regulating Experimentation in Research and Medical Practice: Paul Ulhas Macneill (University of Sydney) 40. Research Using Preimplantation Human Embryos: Mary Warnock (Axford, Wiltshire, UK) and Peter Braude (King's College London) 41. The Moral Status of Animals and Their Use As Experimental Subjects: Bernard E. Rollin (Colorado State University) Part XII: Ethical Issues in the Practice of Health Care 42. Confidentiality: Raanan Gillon (Imperial College London) and Daniel K. Sokol (Imperial College London) 43. Truth-telling: Roger Higgs (Kings College School of Medicine and Dentistry, London) 44. Informed Consent and Patient Autonomy: Robert Young (La Trobe University, Melbourne) 45. Patients Doubtfully Capable or Incapable of Consent: Carl Elliott (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis) 46. Ethics in Nursing Practice: Janet L. Storch (University of Victoria, Canada) 47. Global Trends in Nursing Ethics: Verena Tschudin (University of Surrey) Part XIII: The Teaching and Practice of Bioethics 48. Ethics Committees and Ethics Consultants: Jonathan D. Moreno (University of Pennsylvania) 49. Teaching Ethics in the Health Professions: Lynn Gillam (University of Melbourne) Index
