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The Forms And Limits Of Medical Ethics, Barry Hoffmaster

C. Barry Hoffmaster

As medical ethics has evolved over the past several decades, it has come to be regarded as a domain of applied ethics, that is, the application of a rationally based, philosophical theory to moral problems in health care. But an array of difficulties arise in the attempt to apply general moral theories or norms to concrete problems, difficulties that expose the incompleteness and indeterminacy of philosophical moral theory. The doubtful ability of applied ethics to be practically helpful has led to the development of two main competitors. One is the attempt to reprise and rehabilitate the tradition of moral casuistry, …

Posthumous Reproduction, John A. Robertson

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Emerging Paradigms in Bioethics

Are Principles Ever Properly Ignored? A Reply To Beauchamp Or Bioethical Paradigms, Karen Hanson

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Emerging Paradigms in Bioethics

Posthumous Autonomy Revisited, Fred H. Cate

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Emerging Paradigms in Bioethics

Biomedical Ethics In A Canadian Context, Charles Weijer

Charles Weijer

No abstract provided.

Update - June 1994, Loma Linda University Center For Christian Bioethics

Update

In this issue:

-- Can America Afford the Booming Elderly Population?
-- The Booming Elderly Population: The Economic Crunch and Generational Equity
-- Our Burgeoning Elderly Population: Rationing Scarce Resources
-- Medicine and the Aging America: Nurturing and Caring for Older Adults
-- Meet Our AM Students
-- Park Ridge Center Conference: November 3 & 4
-- The New Relatedness for Man and Woman in Christ: A Mirror of the Divine

Update - March 1994, Loma Linda University Center For Christian Bioethics

Update

In this issue:

-- The Human Genome Project: A Molecular Approach to Defining Humanity
-- Some Legal Ramifications for Newborns
-- Ethical and Legal Ramifications of Predictive Genetic Information
-- Graduate program combines biomedical and clinical ethics

The Revolution In Clinical Trials: From Burden To Benefit And Back Again, Charles Weijer

Charles Weijer

No abstract provided.